[Tutor] Making a script part of the terminal
Okay, my title might be undescriptive, let me try to explain it better. I want to take a script I've written and make it usable by typing its name in the terminal. Perfect example is the python interpreter. You just type in the word python to the terminal and then the interpreter runs. I know other programs can do this as well (like mozilla or nautilus or rhythmbox). So how do I make my scripts executable from the terminal? What is it about you... that intrigues me so? ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
Re: [Tutor] Making a script part of the terminal
We just had a similar question yesterday. Just make sure Python is on your PATH. CD to the directory where your file is located and then you can just type python myfile.py where myfile is the name of your file. On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 1:43 PM, michael scott jigenbak...@yahoo.comwrote: Okay, my title might be undescriptive, let me try to explain it better. I want to take a script I've written and make it usable by typing its name in the terminal. Perfect example is the python interpreter. You just type in the word python to the terminal and then the interpreter runs. I know other programs can do this as well (like mozilla or nautilus or rhythmbox). So how do I make my scripts executable from the terminal? What is it about you... that intrigues me so? ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
Re: [Tutor] Making a script part of the terminal
On 20-05-11 19:43, michael scott wrote: Okay, my title might be undescriptive, let me try to explain it better. I want to take a script I've written and make it usable by typing its name in the terminal. Perfect example is the python interpreter. You just type in the word python to the terminal and then the interpreter runs. I know other programs can do this as well (like mozilla or nautilus or rhythmbox). So how do I make my scripts executable from the terminal? I can only speak for Linux, but your script should be in a directory that is in the PATH variable of your environment. The reason why you can just enter a program name in the terminal, is because these should be in /usr/bin or /usr/local/bin and these are in PATH. Type this in the terminal to see which ones: echo $PATH You can either put your script in one of those directories or add on to PATH. Cheers, Timo What is it about you... that intrigues me so? ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
Re: [Tutor] Making a script part of the terminal
hey ! i can answer that ! birst in the fist line of you script put something like this #!/usr/local/bin/python change the path for where you have python ( try using 'whereis python' ) sencond make the file executable add the +x attribute ( using chmod ) third put the script in some place and and that path to the PATH enviroment variable. good luck On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 1:43 PM, michael scott jigenbak...@yahoo.com wrote: Okay, my title might be undescriptive, let me try to explain it better. I want to take a script I've written and make it usable by typing its name in the terminal. Perfect example is the python interpreter. You just type in the word python to the terminal and then the interpreter runs. I know other programs can do this as well (like mozilla or nautilus or rhythmbox). So how do I make my scripts executable from the terminal? What is it about you... that intrigues me so? ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
Re: [Tutor] Making a script part of the terminal
Hello Michael, first you have to give your script an executable bit. Just type chmod +x your_script.py Furhtermore, your script has to be in a directory that is also part of your search path. Type in echo $PATH to see how your path is set. You can either link or copy your script to an approprate location. Regards, Ralf michael scott jigenbak...@yahoo.com hat am 20. Mai 2011 um 19:43 geschrieben: Okay, my title might be undescriptive, let me try to explain it better. I want to take a script I've written and make it usable by typing its name in the terminal. Perfect example is the python interpreter. You just type in the word python to the terminal and then the interpreter runs. I know other programs can do this as well (like mozilla or nautilus or rhythmbox). So how do I make my scripts executable from the terminal? What is it about you... that intrigues me so? ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
Re: [Tutor] Making a script part of the terminal
On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 6:43 PM, michael scott jigenbak...@yahoo.com wrote: Okay, my title might be undescriptive, let me try to explain it better. I want to take a script I've written and make it usable by typing its name in the terminal. Perfect example is the python interpreter. You just type in the word python to the terminal and then the interpreter runs. I know other programs can do this as well (like mozilla or nautilus or rhythmbox). So how do I make my scripts executable from the terminal? Since you've mentioned Linux applications, I'm going to guess you mean on Linux only. This is easy. In Unix scripts, we use something called a shebang. A shebang is the very first line which basically tells the terminal what program to use to run the script. For Python, it should be #! /usr/bin/python (or where ever your python interpreter is, you can find this out by using which python) Hope this helps. ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
Re: [Tutor] Making a script part of the terminal
Thank you for the reply, but thats not exactly what I mean. Perhaps I should say, how do I install a program to my computer, so that I can use it by its self without running it with python. No matter what directory I'm in I can type mozilla in and it runs, no matter what directory I'm in if I type sudo natutilus it will run, no matter what directory I'm in if I type gedit it will run. So I'm trying to achieve this with the script I wrote. I don't know the terminology to ask the question correctly, so forgive me. What is it about you... that intrigues me so? From: James Reynolds eire1...@gmail.com To: michael scott jigenbak...@yahoo.com Cc: tutor@python.org Sent: Fri, May 20, 2011 1:57:57 PM Subject: Re: [Tutor] Making a script part of the terminal We just had a similar question yesterday. Just make sure Python is on your PATH. CD to the directory where your file is located and then you can just type python myfile.py where myfile is the name of your file. On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 1:43 PM, michael scott jigenbak...@yahoo.com wrote: Okay, my title might be undescriptive, let me try to explain it better. I want to take a script I've written and make it usable by typing its name in the terminal. Perfect example is the python interpreter. You just type in the word python to the terminal and then the interpreter runs. I know other programs can do this as well (like mozilla or nautilus or rhythmbox). So how do I make my scripts executable from the terminal? What is it about you... that intrigues me so? ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
Re: [Tutor] Making a script part of the terminal
Thank you gentlemen so much, I believe I have all that I need to do what I wish. What is it about you... that intrigues me so?___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
Re: [Tutor] Making a script part of the terminal
To expand further, some distributions of Linux set a 'bin' path under your home folder as part of your native PATH, even if it doesn't exist. So if your Linux username is, say, mscott, see if echo $PATH already includes something like /home/mscott/bin in the path already. If so, simply create a bin folder: mkdir ~/bin and then place your Python scripts within that folder, and follow Edgar's other advice about adding #!/usr/local/bin/python and using chmod +x filename.py etc. If you're on a non-Linux platform, I'm sure others can provide further help. -id On 05/20/2011 11:03 AM, Edgar Almonte wrote: hey ! i can answer that ! birst in the fist line of you script put something like this #!/usr/local/bin/python change the path for where you have python ( try using 'whereis python' ) sencond make the file executable add the +x attribute ( using chmod ) third put the script in some place and and that path to the PATH enviroment variable. good luck On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 1:43 PM, michael scottjigenbak...@yahoo.com wrote: Okay, my title might be undescriptive, let me try to explain it better. I want to take a script I've written and make it usable by typing its name in the terminal. Perfect example is the python interpreter. You just type in the word python to the terminal and then the interpreter runs. I know other programs can do this as well (like mozilla or nautilus or rhythmbox). So how do I make my scripts executable from the terminal? What is it about you... that intrigues me so? ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
Re: [Tutor] Making a script part of the terminal
Hi Michael, You have to do three (four) things. 1 - make a directory where you want your executables to live (after you have created them) on my machine, I copy everything to /usr/local/walkloud/bin/ which requires sudo, but you can put them anywhere in your $PATH 2 - in your .tcshrc or .cshrc or equivalent file (to figure it out, type echo $SHELL to figure out your shell if you have no idea what I am talking about), you must append your path. eg. with tcshrc (in the .tcshrc file) - the .tcshrc file is located in your $HOME dir. setenv PATH /usr/local/walkloud/bin:$PATH 3 - if you haven't, in the directory where your script lives chmod +x your_script 4 - cp your script to this directory in 1- launch a new terminal and it should work. Andre On May 20, 2011, at 11:10 AM, michael scott wrote: Thank you for the reply, but thats not exactly what I mean. Perhaps I should say, how do I install a program to my computer, so that I can use it by its self without running it with python. No matter what directory I'm in I can type mozilla in and it runs, no matter what directory I'm in if I type sudo natutilus it will run, no matter what directory I'm in if I type gedit it will run. So I'm trying to achieve this with the script I wrote. I don't know the terminology to ask the question correctly, so forgive me. What is it about you... that intrigues me so? From: James Reynolds eire1...@gmail.com To: michael scott jigenbak...@yahoo.com Cc: tutor@python.org Sent: Fri, May 20, 2011 1:57:57 PM Subject: Re: [Tutor] Making a script part of the terminal We just had a similar question yesterday. Just make sure Python is on your PATH. CD to the directory where your file is located and then you can just type pythonmyfile.py where myfile is the name of your file. On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 1:43 PM, michael scott jigenbak...@yahoo.com wrote: Okay, my title might be undescriptive, let me try to explain it better. I want to take a script I've written and make it usable by typing its name in the terminal. Perfect example is the python interpreter. You just type in the word python to the terminal and then the interpreter runs. I know other programs can do this as well (like mozilla or nautilus or rhythmbox). So how do I make my scripts executable from the terminal? What is it about you... that intrigues me so? ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
Re: [Tutor] Making a script part of the terminal
On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 2:10 PM, michael scott jigenbak...@yahoo.comwrote: Thank you for the reply, but thats not exactly what I mean. Perhaps I should say, how do I install a program to my computer, so that I can use it by its self without running it with python. No matter what directory I'm in I can type mozilla in and it runs, no matter what directory I'm in if I type sudo natutilus it will run, no matter what directory I'm in if I type gedit it will run. So I'm trying to achieve this with the script I wrote. I don't know the terminology to ask the question correctly, so forgive me. What is it about you... that intrigues me so? -- *From:* James Reynolds eire1...@gmail.com *To:* michael scott jigenbak...@yahoo.com *Cc:* tutor@python.org *Sent:* Fri, May 20, 2011 1:57:57 PM *Subject:* Re: [Tutor] Making a script part of the terminal We just had a similar question yesterday. Just make sure Python is on your PATH. CD to the directory where your file is located and then you can just type python myfile.py where myfile is the name of your file. On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 1:43 PM, michael scott jigenbak...@yahoo.comwrote: Okay, my title might be undescriptive, let me try to explain it better. I want to take a script I've written and make it usable by typing its name in the terminal. Perfect example is the python interpreter. You just type in the word python to the terminal and then the interpreter runs. I know other programs can do this as well (like mozilla or nautilus or rhythmbox). So how do I make my scripts executable from the terminal? What is it about you... that intrigues me so? ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor You need to do the #!/usr/bin/env python or #!/usr/bin/python thing in your file Then change it to being executable as described above Lastly, you need to put your program in a directly where the $PATH environment variable knows to look for it -- Joel Goldstick ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
Re: [Tutor] Making a script part of the terminal
I think I understand. One thing you can do is create a myprogram.bat file with an entry something like: python c:/myprogrampath/myprogram.py Put the myprogram.bat file in the root directory or any directory in the PATH. Then it will behave like an executable. In Linux, it would be myprogram.sh with the executable bit set. - Original Message - From: michael scott To: tutor@python.org Sent: Friday, May 20, 2011 11:10 AM Subject: Re: [Tutor] Making a script part of the terminal Thank you for the reply, but thats not exactly what I mean. Perhaps I should say, how do I install a program to my computer, so that I can use it by its self without running it with python. No matter what directory I'm in I can type mozilla in and it runs, no matter what directory I'm in if I type sudo natutilus it will run, no matter what directory I'm in if I type gedit it will run. So I'm trying to achieve this with the script I wrote. I don't know the terminology to ask the question correctly, so forgive me. What is it about you... that intrigues me so? -- From: James Reynolds eire1...@gmail.com To: michael scott jigenbak...@yahoo.com Cc: tutor@python.org Sent: Fri, May 20, 2011 1:57:57 PM Subject: Re: [Tutor] Making a script part of the terminal We just had a similar question yesterday. Just make sure Python is on your PATH. CD to the directory where your file is located and then you can just type python myfile.py where myfile is the name of your file. On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 1:43 PM, michael scott jigenbak...@yahoo.com wrote: Okay, my title might be undescriptive, let me try to explain it better. I want to take a script I've written and make it usable by typing its name in the terminal. Perfect example is the python interpreter. You just type in the word python to the terminal and then the interpreter runs. I know other programs can do this as well (like mozilla or nautilus or rhythmbox). So how do I make my scripts executable from the terminal? What is it about you... that intrigues me so? ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor -- ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
Re: [Tutor] Making a script part of the terminal
michael scott jigenbak...@yahoo.com wrote say, how do I install a program to my computer, so that I can use it by its self without running it with python. Just to be clear, Python programs are interpreted by the Python interpreter. So while you can set things up such that you don't need to explicitly cakll Pyhon, it will always be there in the background. And if you try to run your script on a machine that doesn't have Python installed it will fail. You probably knew that already but I just want to set your expectations... -- Alan Gauld Author of the Learn to Program web site http://www.alan-g.me.uk/ ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
