How to run executable with Python code inside

Question

I have the following file:

$ cat my_exec.sh 
#!/usr/bin/env python

print(10)

It should just print 10. However, I can't get it to do so:

$ sudo ./my_exec.sh

sudo: ./my_exec.sh: command not found

$ sh my_exec.sh 

my_exec.sh: line 3: syntax error near unexpected token `10'
my_exec.sh: line 3: `print(10)'

How do I run my file?

Rename your script to my_exec.py and update the first line to #!/usr/bin/python — Alan Kavanagh
– Alan Kavanagh, Commented Mar 10, 2020 at 10:33
sudo means "super user do". Do you need your script to be executed with elevated/different permissions? If not, don't use sudo. sh executes a shell script in POSIX-compliance mode, so you don't want that either. Have you tried ./my_exec.sh ? — Aaron
– Aaron, Commented Mar 10, 2020 at 10:35
I did sudo because simply doing ./my_exec.sh resulted in permission denied. — Sahand
– Sahand, Commented Mar 10, 2020 at 10:38

George · Accepted Answer · 2020-03-10 10:34:47Z

2

You can run it via the python command:

$ python my_exec.sh

To run it as simply ./my_exec.sh, you need to make the file executable first:

$ chmod 755 my_exec.sh

Also note that by convention python files end in .py .

answered Mar 10, 2020 at 10:34

George

1261 silver badge2 bronze badges

Sign up to request clarification or add additional context in comments.

Comments

dspencer · Accepted Answer · 2020-03-10 10:49:48Z

2

Change the shebang to #!/usr/bin/env python
Change the filename to my_exec.py, as is convention for python files
You can run with python my_exec.py
You can chmod +x my_exec.py and then ./my_exec.py

edited Mar 10, 2020 at 10:49

dspencer

4,5014 gold badges25 silver badges46 bronze badges

answered Mar 10, 2020 at 10:35

lorg

1,1801 gold badge13 silver badges31 bronze badges

Comments

MichaelDuth · Accepted Answer · 2020-03-10 10:34:48Z

0

You must enter the directory that you have saved you file through the cmd with cd command. After that you just execute the file with : python name_of_the_file.py . But first you must make it executable with chmod command

For example if you have saved your file at Desktop with the name mycode.py :

cd Desktop
chmod +x mycode.py
python mycode.py

answered Mar 10, 2020 at 10:34

MichaelDuth

113 bronze badges

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

How to run executable with Python code inside

3 Answers 3

Comments

Comments

Comments

Your Answer

Hot Network Questions

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

3 Answers 3

Comments

Comments

Comments

Your Answer

Sign up or log in

Post as a guest

Related