[Tutor] Making a script part of the terminal

[davidheiserca at gmail.com]

I think I understand.

One thing you can do is create a "myprogram.bat" file with an entry something like:

    python c:/myprogrampath/myprogram.py

Put the "myprogram.bat" file in the root directory or any directory in the PATH. Then it will behave like an executable.

In Linux, it would be "myprogram.sh" with the executable bit set.



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  From: michael scott 
  To: tutor at python.org 
  Sent: Friday, May 20, 2011 11:10 AM
  Subject: Re: [Tutor] Making a script part of the terminal


  Thank you for the reply, but thats not exactly what I mean. Perhaps I should say, how do I install a program to my computer, so that I can use it by its self without running it with python. No matter what directory I'm in I can type mozilla in and it runs, no matter what directory I'm in if I type sudo natutilus it will run, no matter what directory I'm in if I type gedit it will run. 

  So I'm trying to achieve this with the script I wrote. I don't know the terminology to ask the question correctly, so forgive me.


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  From: James Reynolds <eire1130 at gmail.com>
  To: michael scott <jigenbakuda at yahoo.com>
  Cc: tutor at python.org
  Sent: Fri, May 20, 2011 1:57:57 PM
  Subject: Re: [Tutor] Making a script part of the terminal

  We just had a similar question yesterday.


  Just make sure Python is on your PATH. CD to the directory where your file is located and then you can just type "python myfile.py" where myfile is the name of your file.


  On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 1:43 PM, michael scott <jigenbakuda at yahoo.com> wrote:

    Okay, my title might be undescriptive, let me try to explain it better. I want to take a script I've written and make it usable by typing its name in the terminal. Perfect example is the python interpreter. You just type in the word python to the terminal and then the interpreter runs. I know other programs can do this as well (like mozilla or nautilus or rhythmbox).  So how do I make my scripts executable from the terminal?


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