I am not sure if I searched for the wrong terms, but I could not find much on this subject. I am on osx and I'd like to compile a commandline python script into a small commandline app, that I can put into usr/local/bin so I can call it from anywhere. Is there a straighforward way to do that?
Thanks
The simplest way to do this is to rename your file from filename.py to filename and add this line to the top of the file.
#!/usr/bin/env python
You may also need to set the executable bit on the file, which may be set using chmod +x on the command line.
On Unix it works usually in the following way:
#!/usr/bin/env python in the first line of your .py script.chmod)../my_script.py when in the same directory.What else do you need?
A Python script is already a "command line app" that you can put anywhere.
Just set the first line of your script to be a proper shebang pointing to your Python interpreter For example:
#! /usr/bin/python
(Or wherever OS X puts its Python interpreter), set your script with the executble attributes, and put it on your bin folder
(it does not need to end in ".py" either)
you can write
#!/usr/bin/python
in the very beginning of your script or write shell script that will lauch your script like
#!/bin/sh
python path_to_your_script/your_script.py
As almost everybody said, you can turn your script executable by adding the following line at the beginning of the script:
#!/usr/bin/env python
and setting it to be executable:
chmod +x script.py
Another alternative, is to convert your script into a native executable. For that, you may use Freeze or py2exe, depending on your target platform.
#!/path/to/python( or#!/usr/bin/env python) at the start of you're script, then make it an executable using chmod (chmod +x path/to/script) you should then be able to call itmy_scriptinstead of eg../my_script.py?