[Tutor] Confusion with $PATH

[Wayne]

On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 11:32 AM, David Eric <ciik13 at gmail.com> wrote:

> ok this is really weird . . .
> i tried running the helloworld again, and it doesnt work :/
>
> DTm:~ davidteboul$ echo $PATH
> PATH$/Library/Frameworks/
> Python.framework/Versions/3.1/bin:/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.0/bin:/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/Current/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11/bin/Users/davidteboul/bin/pythonStuff
> DTm:~ davidteboul$ helloworld
> -bash: helloworld: command not found
>
i checked and helloworld is definitely in ~/bin/pythonStuff
> what happened?
>
> btw...when  i switch to ~/bin/pythonStuff and type helloworld..that doesnt
> run it either?
> i can run it when i type python
> it worked prior, im confused
>

Do you know if it has executable permissions? The easiest way to set them is
chmod +x helloworld.py (or whatever the filename is)
You also need the "shebang" line at the top:

#!/usr/bin/env python

is one of the variations.

HTH,
Wayne
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