execute python file- No such file or directory

Question

I try to execute python file through the terminal with ssh (the file itself is not in my computer).

I do the following:

./playg.py

and I get: ": No such file or directory"

I am in the right directory for sure (when I write cat playg.py I can see the content of the file|

The file has the r/w/x properties: -r-xr-xr-x

[To execute your python script without python word prefix](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15587877/run-a-python-script-in-terminal-without-the-python-command) — techmonk, Apr 19 '16 at 07:02

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 19 '16 at 06:59

1

First go to playg.py existing folder.

Then type python playg.py

answered Apr 19 '16 at 06:59

Arshid KV

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 19 '16 at 07:02

You can execute it with python playg.py.

The reason you might not be able to execute it with ./playg.py is the first line of the script.

#!/usr/bin/python

or similar in the first line might not be appropriate for the system.

#!/usr/bin/env python

would look for the python executable in the current environment and is more flexible.

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 18 '19 at 22:17

1

check for endline characters encoding. if you have cr-lf encoding instead of lf it gives that error...

answered Jun 18 '19 at 22:17

Cristiano Contin

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Apr 19 '16 at 07:00

0

Go to the directory containing the file and run:

python play.py

answered Apr 19 '16 at 07:00

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Apr 19 '16 at 07:12

0

Please try adding python before the file name while trying to execute

    python playg.py

answered Apr 19 '16 at 07:12

Strik3r

score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Apr 19 '16 at 07:13

0

python /path/to/file/playg.py should work

answered Apr 19 '16 at 07:13

Heini

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