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Nick Michael
Nick Michael

Reputation: 71

How to make python program ".py" executable?

I need to make a py program run on command just by name I can do that in by put the executable in /usr/bin/executable_program

yes. I know I can make it by:

chmod +x file.py
./file.py

I just want when I write the program name "executable_program" in terminal it runs without the "./" and the ".py"

Thank you...

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2070

Answers (4)

Jimmy Zhang
Jimmy Zhang

Reputation: 967

I give you a example, write "test" file like this, not end with ".py". The first comment line is your python interpreter path:

#!/usr/bin/python2.6
print 'helloworld'

Then chmod 711 test;

Then export your test file path to $PATH(system path);

PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin
export PATH

Finally you can run test like this :

test

Upvotes: 0

Burhan Khalid
Burhan Khalid

Reputation: 174698

I just want when I write the program name "executable_program" in terminal it runs without the "./" and the ".py"

You need to do the following things:

  1. Add the shebang at the top of your file, #!/usr/bin/python

  2. Make the file executable chmod +x foo.py

  3. Move it to somewhere that is in your $PATH, for example /usr/local/bin

To get rid of the .py, simply rename the file: sudo cp foo.py /usr/local/bin/foo

burhan@sandbox:~/pytemp$ cat foo.py
#!/usr/bin/python
print('Hello World!')
burhan@sandbox:~/pytemp$ chmod +x foo.py
burhan@sandbox:~/pytemp$ sudo cp foo.py /usr/local/bin/foo
burhan@sandbox:~/pytemp$ foo
Hello World!

Upvotes: 5

skytux
skytux

Reputation: 1306

You can create a directory in your home, for example:

$ mkdir ~/bin

Then add that directory to PATH variable in your .bash_profile with your favorite editor:

PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin
export PATH

and then save the changes.

Now, open a new terminal and put your file in ~/bin. After that, you can run your file without using ./ before it.

Upvotes: 1

bio_sprite
bio_sprite

Reputation: 448

Try adding your program to your path.

If you just export PATH=$PATH:. at the command line it will only last for the length of the session though.

If you want to change it permanently add export PATH=$PATH:. to your ~/.bashrc file (just at the end is fine)

https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/3809/how-can-i-make-a-program-executable-from-everywhere

Upvotes: 0

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