Getting Python scripts to execute in RedHat

[Daniel Nogradi]

> I apologise if this is a stupid newbie error, but I've been googling
> "hash bang" and "shebang" all morning.  I've added the shebang to my
> scripts:
>
> #!/usr/bin/python
>
> I've added execute permissions:
>
> chmod +rx shebang.py
>
> But I still can't execute my scripts by themselves
>
> shebang.py  ## produces error
>
> python shebang.py  ## runs correctly
>
> I found one site that mentioned adding "./" to the beginning, and that
> works.
>
> ./shebang.py  ## runs correctly.
>
> I gather that there's a path problem then.  My script is in
> ~/pyscripts/.  How do I get my scripts to run without using "./"?

Add ~/pyscripts to your path for example by putting this into your
.bash_profile if you are using bash:

PATH=$PATH:$HOME/pyscripts
export PATH

HTH,
Daniel