On Sat, November 4, 2006 4:11 pm, Brian van den Broek wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm still getting comfortable with Linux and this might be an OS > rather than a python problem. > > I am trying to make a script directly executable. I've reviewed the > 2nd ed of the Nutshell, and I cannot work out what I'm doing wrong. > I'm running ubunutu 6.10 (edgy eft). Here's a copy past of my command > line: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/test$ which python > /usr/bin/python > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/test$ ls -la shebangtest.py > -rwxr-xr-- 1 brian brian 68 2006-11-04 02:29 shebangtest.py > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/test$ cat shebangtest.py > #!/usr/bin/python > > if __name__ == '__main__': > > print "It works" > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/test$ shebangtest > bash: shebangtest: command not found > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/test$ shebangtest.py > bash: shebangtest.py: command not found > > I've also tried: > > #!/usr/bin python > > as my shebang line. > > I've been unable to get this to work. Clearly, there is something I've > misunderstood. (`#!' is not an easy thing to google for :-) > > Best, > > Brian vdB >
Your answer lies in the file permission. The file needs to be executable. If you look at the man pages for chmod, you will find your answer. The shebang line tells the shell what to use to run the script. For example, if the file is not executable, you would execute it as follows: $ python shebangtest.py As you found with `which python`, python is in /usr/bin, so executing the script is actually $ /usr/bin/python shebangtest.py Therefore, the shebang line needs to be as follows: #! /usr/bin/python Then once the script has execute permissions (man chmod), it will run as expected. -- Carlos Hanson Web and System Administrator Tigard-Tualatin School District 503.431.4053 _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
