On Sun, Sep 26, 2010 at 2:55 PM, Bill DeBroglie <bill.debrog...@gmail.com>wrote:
> Which is great, but when I try and run the same code in the Terminal by > calling a program I've written (print("hello world") again) I get the > following: > > matthews-macbook:Dawson_Book matthewparrilla$ ./chapter_2.py > ./chapter_2.py: line 4: syntax error near unexpected token `"Hello > World"' > ./chapter_2.py: line 4: `print("Hello World")' > > I'm using a Mac OS X 10.5.8. I had previously downloaded Python 2.6.5 AND > 3.1 and had them both on this computer simultaneously but was having trouble > with 3.1 crashing. I have since put both in the trash but obviously still > have 2.6.5 on my system, I assume that was the version pre-installed on this > Mac. > I think that's a shell issue, not specifically a Python issue. You need to include a line at the top of the script to tell the OS how to find the Python interpreter. Try adding this line at the beginning: > #!/usr/bin/env python > > Your default Python install probably is NOT installed at /usr/bin/python, but there should be a symbolic link there that points to the actual location. If not, you'll need to adjust things a bit. -- www.fsrtechnologies.com
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