#! independent of location of python binary

Fredrik Lundh effbot at telia.com
Wed Sep 20 11:20:42 EDT 2000


Harald wrote:
> In Tcl I write
> 
> #!/bin/sh
> # \
> exec tclsh "$0" ${1+"$@"}
> 
> and the tclsh will be found along the path.
> 
> How can I do this in python.

the usual way to do this is:

    #! /usr/bin/env python

for more info, and a couple of alternatives, see
FAQ entry 4.63:

    http://www.python.org/doc/FAQ.html#4.63
    4.63. How do I make a Python script executable on Unix?

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