[Pythonmac-SIG] Run Python module directly from Terminal?

[Chris Barker]

Hi Lee,

It looks like you've got it pretty well figured out, but the one thing 
that I'd add is the question of whether there is any need to put these 
in a special directory.

I put all my utilities in /usr/local/bin, which should be on your path 
for all sorts of reasons anyway.

I also tend to remove the ".py" from the end of a script that I'm using 
in this way. I just find it cleaner to type:

ConvertFile AtoB.txt

The shell will look at the #! line to figure out what to do, so the .py 
isn't required.

By the way, make sure to practice using the <tab> key for command and 
filename completion at the command prompt...it'll save you a lot of typing.

Also there's a little utility: "Open Terminal Here" on the net somewhere 
that lets you put a button in the finder that will open a terminal 
window, and cd it to the current folder in the finder--very handy.

-Chris




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