Make phyton file executable

Hello everyone,

Can someone tell me how I can run a file named system_test.py with only system.test and not ./system_test.py.

Thank you in advanced.

Take care,
I.

I'm not really sure what you mean, could you give me a little more info?

If you want to execute another Python program from within Python you could check out exec_file(path)..

Or, if u want to run .test files with Python under windows you can select a program from a list if you double click on file, on *nix i dont think it matters which extension the file has as long as the shebang (#!/usr/bin/env python etc.) points to the right place!?

Have fun,
Mark.

Thank you for your post.

I'm using Linux and I have created a system_test.py file.
What I need is to call this file by doing:

system.test -a -f file

where -a -f file are arguments.

I'm currently using ./system_test.py -a -f file to run the script but I need to get rid of the ./system_test.py and call the script with system_test instead.

Is this possible?


Take care,

I.

Remove the .py and place the file in your path.

Another method would be to create a symbolic link in something like /usr/bin that points to the file. That way, you don't have to copy your python code all over the place or have a massive PATH environment variable.

Suppose you have a python script called /usr/share/systemtest/system_test.py

Just do the following: