Steve Holden wrote: > bharath venkatesh wrote: > >> hi, >> i wanna run a python program by specifying only its name ex prog >> with the arguments in the terminal or command line instead of specifying >> python prog in the terminal to run the program not even specifying the >> it with .py extension .. >> for example i want to run the python program named prog by sepcifying >> $prog -arguments >> instead of >> $python prog -arguments >> or >> $prog.py -arguments >> can anyone tell me how to do it >> >> > reseach pathext for Windows. > > For Unix-like systems use the shebang (#!) line, and don't put a .py at > the end of the filename. Besides being ugly and a bit unsettling for the user, the final .py won't prevent the execution of your program. Though the file must have the executable attribute set, so you have to chmod +x it.
Cheers, RB -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
