python Python script runs into invalid syntax but works on Google colab

[Mr.Stork]

The script is to delete a ftp folder and anything in it, and remake it.

The error I get it when I run the same script on my Rasperry Pi is:

  File "/home/Remake.py", line 6
    ftp.delete(f"{path}/{name}")
                              ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

But when I run it on Google Colab it works fine, the script is this:

from ftplib import FTP
def remove_ftp_dir(ftp, path):
    for (name, properties) in ftp.mlsd(path=path):
        if name in ['.', '..']: continue
        elif properties['type'] == 'file':
            ftp.delete(f"{path}/{name}")
        elif properties['type'] == 'dir':
            remove_ftp_dir(ftp, f"{path}/{name}")
    ftp.rmd(path)
ftp = FTP('s2.seedboxws.com', 'my_username', 'my_password'); remove_ftp_dir(ftp, 'torrents/Finished'); ftp.cwd('/torrents/'); ftp.mkd('Finished')

The only thing I can think of is maybe the python version on my raspi is old? 

[Kilrah]

Well check what version you get when running python. It might be python 2 which doesn't support that syntax, and needing to use python3 instead.

[Mr.Stork]

5 hours ago, Kilrah said:

Well check what version you get when running python. It might be python 2 which doesn't support that syntax, and needing to use python3 instead.

I checked, its Python 2.7.16.

Do I need to uninstall py v2 and install v3 seperately or just install python 3?

[Kilrah]

Python3 is almost certainly already installed, you just have to run your thing with `python3 yourfile` instead of `python yourfile`. Most likely a bunch of stuff on the pi still needs python2 so don't uninstall that.

[tikker]

Just to add, the error specifically comes from the use of f-strings here. This type of formatting was introduced in Python 3.6.