Unable to find and execute python script in shell

Asked Apr 12 '15 at 02:05

Active Apr 12 '15 at 02:16

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I'm attempting to test a python script I wrote but when I attempt to run it with this command:

./simpletax.py

I get the following message:

: No such file or directory

I believe it is a permission thing since if I remove the execute privileges for the user I get the permission denied message but when I add the x back in I get the above message.

Here is the output of ls -al

 total 16
drwxr-xr-x 2 user1 user1 4096 Apr 11 21:51 .
drwxr-x--- 3 user1 user2 4096 Apr  7 20:55 ..
-rwxr-xr-x 1 user1 user1  620 Apr  7 21:57 hello.py
-rwxr-xr-x 1 user1 user1 2591 Apr 11 21:08 simpletax.py

As you can see the program I'm attempting to run (simpletax.py) has the same permissions as hello.py which runs just fine. I tried adding full rwx privileges for everyone but got the same error.

I'm really baffled at this point what I'm doing wrong, any help is really appreciated!

asked Apr 12 '15 at 02:05

Rostro

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Can you run using `python3 simpletax.py`? - It's definitely not a permission issue though. – ShellFish Apr 12 '15 at 02:07
Yes, I can. I runs fine with that. – Rostro Apr 12 '15 at 02:08
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Try using `dos2unix sympletax.py`. It looks like your script has Windows CRLF line endings. – Barmar Apr 12 '15 at 02:09
@Rostro Show us the first line of the file. – jkd Apr 12 '15 at 02:09
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Can you find it using tab completion? – ShellFish Apr 12 '15 at 02:10
@ShellFish yes tab completion works. @jakekimds it's the same as hello.py `#!/usr/bin/env python3` – Rostro Apr 12 '15 at 02:13
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Huh, this is really strange. Try `cp simpletax.py test.py; chmod +x test.py; ./test.py`. Just curious at this point. – ShellFish Apr 12 '15 at 02:15
@Barmar That is what it was! Post as an answer and I'll mark it as such. Thanks! – Rostro Apr 12 '15 at 02:16
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No need to post an answer, it's already answered in that other question. Which I guess you would have found if you bothered to search for the error message. – Barmar Apr 12 '15 at 02:20

Unable to find and execute python script in shell

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