executing python code

[Darren Dale]

Michael Fuhr wrote:

> Darren Dale <dd55 at cornell.edu> writes:
> 
>> Some time ago I asked about executing a python program or script. For
>> windows, I was informed that the .py extension could be added to some
>> list of executable extensions, and then I could just type "mycode"
>> instead of "python mycode.py". Great advice, worked like a charm.
>>
>> I recently jumped ship, and have been running Gentoo Linux for about two
>> months. Is it possible to get the same behavior on Linux? I thought it
>> would have something to do with adding the #!/usr/bin/env python line to
>> my code, but I'm not sure what this is supposed to do (it didnt work,
>> that much I know.)
> 
> How didn't it work?  What did you do and what happened?  What errors
> were printed?  Did you use chmod to make the script executable?  Is
> the script in a directory that's in your PATH?  Is Python installed
> on the system?
>

Yes, I did chmod, the script is in the current directory.
 
$ mycode.py
bash: mycode.py: command not found

I just tried:

$ ./mycode.py

and that will execute.