how to make a python file run without py extension

Question

I had a small python script that takes input from the command line arguments and done some operations using the inputs taken and display the result

Below is the working example code

some_file.py

import sys arguments = sys.argv first_name = sys.argv[1] second_name = sys.argv[2] print "Hello {0} {1} !!!!".format(first_name,second_name) 

Now i am executing this as

python some_file.py Steve jobs 

Result :

Hello Steve Jobs !!!! 

Now what all i want is, i don't want to use python command before file name and extension of python file name, that is i want to run the file as a command tool as below

some_file Steve Jobs 

so what to do in order to run the python file as above ?

Answer 1

Unix-like OS solution: the first line of the file should be #!/usr/bin/python (or wherever the python interpreter is) and chmod u+x the script. Run it with ./some_file parameters.

If you want to launch it with some_file parameters simply make a link to the script in a directory which is already included into your PATH: sudo ln -s some_file /usr/bin.

So, here's the full procedure:

blackbear@blackbear-laptop:~$ cat > hw #!/usr/bin/python print "Hello World!" blackbear@blackbear-laptop:~$ chmod u+x hw blackbear@blackbear-laptop:~$ sudo ln -s hw /usr/bin blackbear@blackbear-laptop:~$ hw Hello World! blackbear@blackbear-laptop:~$ 

Answer 2

make a symbolic link

ln -s some_file.py some_file 

now you can type your cmd like this:

some_file Steve Jobs 

Answer 3

you can run the same program in python shell by using execfile('path').