Run python script simply without adding directory to bashrc?

Question

I am going away from tabs to spaces and would like to convert my current *.py files to this convention. It appears reindent.py is the recommended way of doing this.

After installing it on Ubuntu using sudo apt-get install python-examples, it ended up in /usr/share/doc/pythonx.x/examples/Tools/scripts/reindent.py.

Is there a preferred/recommended way of running such scripts without referencing the directory, and perhaps without adding that directory to my Path variable?

I hope to run this on single files and in batch, such as described HERE:

find . -type f -name "*.py" | xargs python reindent.py --nobackup

Is there a way that might persist if I were to re-install my environment after a reformat, etc? — ryanjdillon, Feb 26 '13 at 15:41
No. But you'll use the script *once* or perhaps twice to convert some files, not all the time. — Martijn Pieters, Feb 26 '13 at 15:42

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 26 '13 at 15:42

Just copy the file, or symlink it.

It is a stand-alone script, it does not depend on anything else in scripts directory, so it can live anywhere. Symlinking or copying it into a directory that is on your $PATH would enable you to run it without any path prefix (provided the executable bit is set, chmod +x reindent.py).

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 26 '13 at 16:04

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You can easy_install reindent or pip install reindent, and then it will be on your path as command reindent

answered Feb 26 '13 at 16:04

Xuan

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This is great. Just what I was looking for. – ryanjdillon Feb 26 '13 at 16:26

Run python script simply without adding directory to bashrc?

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