[Python] Hashbang error

[Chris Gonnerman]

pradeepbpin wrote:
> I use gVim as an editor to create python scripts on a windows machine.
> To run the same script on my ubuntu machine, I added a hashbang line
> to the script. Now when I run this script from command line of ubuntu,
> I get a bad interpreter error, like below
>
> /usr/bin/python^M: bad interpreter: No such file or directory
>
> This, I understand, is due to the interpretation of newline character
> at the end of the hashbang.
>
> I have checked and found out that this does not happen if I create the
> script in Ubuntu with gVim.
>
> Now, how can I avoid this error when I create the script on a windows
> machine?
>   
In gvim, type:

:se ff=unix

then resave the file.  Once it's in unix format, gvim won't change it 
back to dos unless you tell it to.

-- Chris.