executing python code

[Michael Fuhr]

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?

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Michael Fuhr
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