On 29/08/12 01:09, Dave Angel wrote:
On 08/28/2012 07:19 PM, Ben Fishbein wrote:
Stupid question: how do I run a program from the terminal?

Ben@mymachine:~$ python mydir/myscript.py

If the script takes arguments, you'd put them after the script name.

If it doesn't take arguments you can do this by dragging the script from Finder into the Terminal, it saves some typing...

Also note you don't need a Terminal per program.

If you end the program line with an ampersand (&) the program will run in the background. You can then start another program in the same Terminal.

Of course, if they require user interaction then things get a bit complicated so you're better with multiple Terminals, but if its
just background data processing you can run as many programs as
you like in a single Terminal.


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Alan G
Author of the Learn to Program web site
http://www.alan-g.me.uk/

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