On Tue, 22 Apr 2014 12:29:56 +0200, Antoon Pardon wrote: > I am workin on a solaris 11 machine. The python version is 2.7.6 path to > python is /opt/local/bin/python.
Are you sure about that? You ought to double check that /opt/local/bin/ python is what you think it is, and not (say) a symlink to a different binary. > These are the 15 first lines of the script: > > #! /opt/local/bin/python This being Solaris, what happens if you remove the space between the hash- bang and the path? On Linux it makes no difference, but Solaris tends to be a bit more idiosyncratic about things like this. [...] > However if I call the script directly and want the #! line do its work I > get the following error. > > # /usr/local/bin/ldapwatch /opt/local/log/openldap.log | head > /usr/local/bin/ldapwatch: line 3: syntax error near unexpected token `(' > /usr/local/bin/ldapwatch: line 3: `class vslice(object):' That's not a Python syntax error, so its something else failing before Python gets to see it. The only way I can reproduce this is to execute Python code using sh: [steve@ando ~]$ cat ./test2 class X(object): pass print X [steve@ando ~]$ ./test2 ./test2: line 1: syntax error near unexpected token `(' ./test2: line 1: `class X(object):' > Does anyone have an idea where I should look to fix this? Ask your local Solaris expert :-) This appears to be the same symptoms: http://www.linuxmisc.com/12-unix-shell/581d028236386dae.htm -- Steven D'Aprano http://import-that.dreamwidth.org/ -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list