> I want to make a binary file , which would execute on it's own. First do $ which python to get the location of your python binary. The default, i think, is just /usr/bin/python.
Then add this line to the top of your file: #!/usr/bin/python (or whatever the `which` command returned) then finally do this command: $ chmod +x <file>.py This makes <file> executable ( that's what the x stands for ). now run it with: $ ./<file>.py you can also trim the .py from the file and it will work just the same. To have your script work like installed binaries, put it in a folder in your PATH variable. For example, if you added the path /home/<you>/bin/ to your path variable ( PATH=$PATH:/home/<you>/bin/ ) Bash would search that directory when you typed in a command to execute. What this means is if you rename your <file>.py to just <file> and stick it in /home/<you>/bin/ you could just do $ <file> at any time to run your program. hope my verbosity is helpful. -- -Nate
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