[SOLVED] shell wont open python scripts

joham34 · 06-23-2012, 02:09 PM

Hello everybody
After hard reading, full of enthusiasm I decided to write my first python script. So I coded :

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#!/usr/bin/Python
print "hello world"

I named this complicated script "mypython.py", chmoded it 777 and went to run it but alas! What i got was :

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bash: /home/ioannis/bin/mypython.py: /bin/python: bad interpreter: No such file or directory

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which python

returned :

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/usr/bin/python

After googling I tried to change the shebang to

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#! /usr/bin/env python

with exactly the same response. I tried with no empty spaces in various combinations, an /n at the end of the line, change "python" to "Python 2.7.3" which is the version installed, still no luck
I have ubuntu 12.04, fresh install , no upgrade
Any ideas that could help me continue my march to the tops of python ??
Thanks in advance

graemef · 06-23-2012, 09:16 PM

try a lowecase p in your shebang

joham34 · 06-24-2012, 02:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by graemef

try a lowecase p in your shebang

Thanks ! it solved the problem. I had thought of upper and lowercase myself but somehow didnt try it apparently
May be, instead of coding, I should better try watching tv serials, I would be better to this :-)

sycamorex · 06-24-2012, 03:08 AM

Remember that Linux is case-sensitive and very rarely commands start with capital letters.

another method would be:

Code:

#!/usr/bin/env python