Telegram fixed a zero-day vulnerability in its Windows desktop application that could be used to bypass security warnings and automatically launch Python scripts.

That’s how to run a Python script in terminal or CMD. It’s a very straightforward process, but it’s extremely handy if you ever want to quickly carry out a bespoke task.

By using Notepad and the Python interpreter, a programmer can write Python programs and execute them, or create "batch" files that can execute multiple programs, including Python scripts.