title: How to execute python script in jenkins
body: <p>I am trying to build basic hello world application:</p>
  
  <pre><code>pipeline {
     agent any
  
     stages {
        stage('Hello') {
           steps {
              echo 'Hello World'
              python E:/airflowtmp/hello.py
  
           }
        }
     }
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>When I execute it, it gives following error:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Running in Durability level: MAX_SURVIVABILITY
  org.codehaus.groovy.control.MultipleCompilationErrorsException: startup failed:
  WorkflowScript: 8: Expected a step @ line 8, column 13.
                 python E:/airflowtmp/hello.py
                 ^
  
  1 error
  
      at org.codehaus.groovy.control.ErrorCollector.failIfErrors(ErrorCollector.java:310)
      at org.codehaus.groovy.control.CompilationUnit.applyToPrimaryClassNodes(CompilationUnit.java:1085)
      at org.codehaus.groovy.control.CompilationUnit.doPhaseOperation(CompilationUnit.java:603)
      at org.codehaus.groovy.control.CompilationUnit.processPhaseOperations(CompilationUnit.java:581)
      at org.codehaus.groovy.control.CompilationUnit.compile(CompilationUnit.java:558)
      at groovy.lang.GroovyClassLoader.doParseClass(GroovyClassLoader.java:298)
      at groovy.lang.GroovyClassLoader.parseClass(GroovyClassLoader.java:268)
      at groovy.lang.GroovyShell.parseClass(GroovyShell.java:688)
      at groovy.lang.GroovyShell.parse(GroovyShell.java:700)
      at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.CpsGroovyShell.doParse(CpsGroovyShell.java:142)
      at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.CpsGroovyShell.reparse(CpsGroovyShell.java:127)
      at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.CpsFlowExecution.parseScript(CpsFlowExecution.java:561)
      at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.CpsFlowExecution.start(CpsFlowExecution.java:522)
      at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.job.WorkflowRun.run(WorkflowRun.java:337)
      at hudson.model.ResourceController.execute(ResourceController.java:97)
      at hudson.model.Executor.run(Executor.java:428)
  Finished: FAILURE
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>How do I run a basic python application using Jenkins? I created a pipeline through dashboard and pasted python .py to the template. It successfully prints hello world but when I add python statement it generates the error. </p>