Running Python27 interpreter in bash shell on win7

Question

Added to ~/.bash_profile

PATH=c:/Python27:$PATH

and

env | grep PATH

shows the path c:/Python27

However I cannot run python interpreter from command line in bash. I'm on Windows 7 and I can run python from any directory in command prompt after doing

path %path%;C:\Python

Or adding the path to my Environment Variables

In bash I am able to do other commands from any directory in terminal after adding their path to ~/.bash_profile given the path is a sub-directory of ~/

If the path in .bash_profile is C:/ rather than ~/ it doesn't work. So my question is when adding a path to .bash_profile where the location is in C:/ rather than ~/ how do i do it?

Is the interpreter in C:\Python27 or in C:\Python, as your cmd example suggests? — Cairnarvon
– Cairnarvon, Commented Oct 10, 2013 at 21:37

that other guy · Accepted Answer · 2013-10-10 22:24:43Z

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Bash uses : as the path separator, so you actually just added "c" and "/Python27" to your PATH.

Different Windows GNU toolset ports have different ways of working around this. You can try ls /c/, ls /cygdrive/c or read your port's documentation to see how it handles this.

If you find that e.g. /c/Python27 is mapped to c:\Python27, then you can add that to your path instead.

answered Oct 10, 2013 at 22:24

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ss7 Over a year ago

Thanks I should've known. Brain fart.

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