Interpreter problem

[Greg Lindstrom]

I am using python 2.3.5 on a Linux system and have an odd problem 
dealing with the 'sha-bang' line.  I have a file, driver.py which starts 
with

#!/usr/bin/python

and works fine (that is, when I type in ./driver.py at the command 
prompt the file runs as expected).  I have another file, myotherfile.py 
which starts with the exact same line (#!/usr/bin/python) but I get

: bad interpreter: No such file or directory

Hmmmm.  That occurs when I have no trailing spaces after the word 
'python' on the first line.  When I place a single space at the end of 
the line I get:

usr/bin/python: can't open file      (note the lack of a slash at the 
start of the line...is that significant?)

In the 2nd file I placed import sys on line 2, then sys.exit(0) on line 
3 to isolate the behavior, so I'm pretty  sure the problem deals with 
the first line of the file.

If I remove the import sys and sys.exit(0) then type ./myotherfile.py at 
the command line it runs as expected. Both files have the same 
permission settings (744) and owner (me).  I'm been looking at this for 
a couple of days and am at a loss.  Have any of you seen anything like 
this and what can I do about it?

Thanks,
--greg

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