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I'm trying to deploy my first app using Python/Flask on Heroku. I don't really know what I'm doing and am just following the tutorial at https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/python#prerequisites. When I type the command heroku ps:scale web=1 I'm getting the error message "No such type as web". My Procfile says web: python scrabble_cheater.py, which I believe is correct. Here's the log of my terminal:

(venv)jason-olsens-macbook-pro:scrabble paulnichols$ heroku status
=== Heroku Status
Development: No known issues at this time.
Production:  No known issues at this time.
(venv)jason-olsens-macbook-pro:scrabble paulnichols$ heroku config
=== enigmatic-mountain-1395 Config Vars
LANG:             en_US.UTF-8
LD_LIBRARY_PATH:  /app/.heroku/vendor/lib
LIBRARY_PATH:     /app/.heroku/vendor/lib
PATH:             /app/.heroku/venv/bin:/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin
PYTHONHASHSEED:   random
PYTHONHOME:       /app/.heroku/venv/
PYTHONPATH:       /app/
PYTHONUNBUFFERED: true
(venv)jason-olsens-macbook-pro:scrabble paulnichols$ heroku ps
(venv)jason-olsens-macbook-pro:scrabble paulnichols$ git push heroku master
Warning: Permanently added the RSA host key for IP address '50.19.85.154' to the list of known hosts.
Everything up-to-date
(venv)jason-olsens-macbook-pro:scrabble paulnichols$ heroku ps:scale web=1
Scaling web processes... failed
 !    No such type as web
(venv)jason-olsens-macbook-pro:scrabble paulnichols$

Any help is greatly appreciated!

thumbtackthief
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    Your blank `heroku ps` output suggests that there's something wrong with your `Procfile`. Make sure heroku can find it and it contains what you think it does. – Francis Avila Nov 07 '12 at 20:30
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    I originally mis-named the procfile as lower-case, but I've corrected that. I think I'm having trouble pushing it to the Heroku repo, but I don't know how to check. – thumbtackthief Nov 07 '12 at 20:44
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    You may have some trouble in a case-insensitive environment. If so, try [this trick](http://stackoverflow.com/a/3011723/1002469) with git to change the file's case. You can `git push` normally afterwards. – Francis Avila Nov 07 '12 at 22:04

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Procfile was saved with a .txt extension by mistake--once I removed the extension it worked.

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