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Old 10-21-2010
Turn python script into an installed UNIX command (Mac OS X)
Okay so i have a script i wrote in python. I want to turn this script into an INSTALLED COMMAND to run in terminal.

Right now i run it like this in terminal...

$ python myscriptname.py
or
$ ./myscriptname.py


but i want to be able to run it like this in terminal...

$ myscriptname

is this possible?
I have basic programming knowledge and know all the basic terminal commands. I just want to create my own terminal command that i don't have to be in the same directory as the script is. Can someone tell me how?
# 2  
Old 10-21-2010
You are mostly there. Rename it without suffix and put it in a $PATH directory or its directory in $PATH. Without a suffix, if you later want to do it over in JAVA, C or C++, nobody will know.
# 3  
Old 10-21-2010
Thank you so much! Works great!
Last edited by cbreiny; 10-21-2010 at 03:56 PM..
# 4  
Old 10-21-2010
Sometimes I maintain my scripts as *.sh in my src dir, and make them by suffix by moving them to my bin with no suffix and with execute permissions, which most CM tool do not set.
 
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