Re: What meaning is of '#!python'?

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On 15/11/15 10:18, Chris Angelico wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 15, 2015 at 1:13 PM, fl <rxjwg98@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Excuse me. Below is copied from the .py file:
>>
>> #!python
>> from numpy import *
>> from numpy.random import *
>>
> Then someone doesn't know how to use a shebang (or is deliberately
> abusing it), and you can ignore it. It starts with a hash, ergo it's a
> comment.
>
> ChrisA

Looks like the author of the script file has tried to create a Python
Shell script.  This link describes them in detail:

http://www.dreamsyssoft.com/python-scripting-tutorial/intro-tutorial.php

Not sure whether the example originally quoted would work, I imagine it
might on some 'nix operating systems.

The more common first line is:

    #!/usr/bin/env python

If you start a script file with this line and make the file executable,
you can then run the script from the command line without having to
preface it with a reference to your Python executable.  Eg:

    my-script.py

versus

    python my-script.py

HTH,

-- 
Rob Hills
Waikiki, Western Australia

Thread

What meaning is of '#!python'? fl <rxjwg98@gmail.com> - 2015-11-14 17:54 -0800
  Re: What meaning is of '#!python'? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-11-15 12:58 +1100
    Re: What meaning is of '#!python'? fl <rxjwg98@gmail.com> - 2015-11-14 18:13 -0800
      Re: What meaning is of '#!python'? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-11-15 13:18 +1100
      Re: What meaning is of '#!python'? Rob Hills <rhills@medimorphosis.com.au> - 2015-11-15 11:10 +0800
  Re: What meaning is of '#!python'? Zachary Ware <zachary.ware+pylist@gmail.com> - 2015-11-14 20:26 -0600
  Re: What meaning is of '#!python'? Michael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com> - 2015-11-14 19:28 -0700
  Re: What meaning is of '#!python'? eryksun <eryksun@gmail.com> - 2015-11-14 23:57 -0600
  Re: What meaning is of '#!python'? <paul.hermeneutic@gmail.com> - 2015-11-15 21:54 -0700

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