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Make STDIN executable with shebang
I have a program to list database files. It is called direkly from the shell like db filename to list the whole file, or like db 'filename :: conditions' to list only selected elements ... Another ...
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Equivalent of executing a file (with shebang line) by entering its path?
Say I have a file hello: #!/bin/sh echo "Hello World!" Provided the executable bit is set on that file, I can execute it by entering its path on the prompt: $ ./hello Hello World! Is ...
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Run python script without declare it interpreter
I have such a program to check methods of data from the command line: me at me in ~/Desktop/Coding/codes $ cat check_methods.py #! /usr/bin/env python from sys import argv methods = dir(eval(argv[1]))...
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Fastest way to determine if shebang is present
If I have a file with #!/usr/bin/env foobar what is the fastest/best way to determine if this file has a hashbang? I hear you can just read the first 2 bytes? How?
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Change the default executable for file with potentially missing shebang
I have a library - users are to create executable files, potentially with a hashbang to tell exec which executable to use. If they omit the hashbang, then I think most systems default to /bin/sh, I ...
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xslt shbang: Using xslt from the command line
I have (foolishly?) written a couple of moderately general-purpose xslt scripts. I'd quite like to turn these into executables that read an xml document from standard in or similar. The way you do ...
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Why does the following bash script delete itself?
If you create an executable file with the following contents, and run it, it will delete itself. How does this work? #!/bin/rm
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"No such file" with ksh, but script runs with ksh -x?
I'm trying to execute a shell script on OpenBSD 5.7/amd64. Its a test script used to test a FOSS project. (OpenBSD is one of our targets because it provides an ancient compiler out of the box). When ...
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Why does trying to run a python executable return ': No such file or directory' after transferring it to server via FTP? [duplicate]
I'm having an issue where when I transfer a Python file to my VPS via FTP and try to run it using ./foo.py I am returned with the error: : No such file or directory. The error seems to indicate that ...
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Why won't my python scripts run without the python command when moved from Windows to Linux? [duplicate]
I have some Python files that I wrote on my Windows PC and then sent over to a Linux machine using pscp. They work as intended on Windows, but when I try to execute them on the Linux machine, I always ...
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No such file or directory but I can see it!
I'm trying to run a python script, on a headless Raspberry PI using winSCP and get the following error message: Command '"./areadetect_movie_21.py"' failed with return code 127 and error message /usr/...
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Bash Script Permission denied & Bad Interpreter
I'm on a kali linux 64 bit. I have created a python script which takes 2 arguments to start. I don't want to type out every time the exact same paths or search in the history of the commands I used ...
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Shebang: History and Purpose [closed]
I have few questions about the magic number #!, the shebang. I read that it was introduced by Dennis Ritchie in the 70s as a way to see a script as an executable file. I don't understand, why it was ...
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run perl script with unknown perl location
I'm developing a perl script which expected to be downloaded by Mac users with a very small knowledge of shell, linux etc, let's say office managers and accountants. After the downloading the script ...
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Running python script from Linux Terminal
I have downloaded this script named, pyAES.py and put it in a folder name codes, inside a Desktop directory of my Linux, According to this example, http://brandon.sternefamily.net/2007/06/aes-...
