On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 2:10 PM, michael scott <jigenbak...@yahoo.com>wrote:
> Thank you for the reply, but thats not exactly what I mean. Perhaps I > should say, how do I install a program to my computer, so that I can use it > by its self without running it with python. No matter what directory I'm in > I can type mozilla in and it runs, no matter what directory I'm in if I type > sudo natutilus it will run, no matter what directory I'm in if I type gedit > it will run. > > So I'm trying to achieve this with the script I wrote. I don't know the > terminology to ask the question correctly, so forgive me. > > > ---- > What is it about you... that intrigues me so? > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* James Reynolds <eire1...@gmail.com> > *To:* michael scott <jigenbak...@yahoo.com> > *Cc:* tutor@python.org > *Sent:* Fri, May 20, 2011 1:57:57 PM > *Subject:* Re: [Tutor] Making a script part of the terminal > > We just had a similar question yesterday. > > Just make sure Python is on your PATH. CD to the directory where your file > is located and then you can just type "python myfile.py" where myfile is > the name of your file. > > On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 1:43 PM, michael scott <jigenbak...@yahoo.com>wrote: > >> Okay, my title might be undescriptive, let me try to explain it better. I >> want to take a script I've written and make it usable by typing its name in >> the terminal. Perfect example is the python interpreter. You just type in >> the word python to the terminal and then the interpreter runs. I know other >> programs can do this as well (like mozilla or nautilus or rhythmbox). So >> how do I make my scripts executable from the terminal? >> >> ---- >> What is it about you... that intrigues me so? >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org >> To unsubscribe or change subscription options: >> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor > > You need to do the #!/usr/bin/env python or #!/usr/bin/python thing in your file Then change it to being executable as described above Lastly, you need to put your program in a directly where the $PATH environment variable knows to look for it -- Joel Goldstick
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