I have installed the new python release and would like to run .py files from the terminal.
How is this done from the terminal? I dont want to include the path in each command to run a .py file.
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If you want to override the python command, you can set your PATH variable correctly, e.g. in your ~/.bash_profile:
export PATH=/path/to/python/:$PATH
That said, for managing different versions of components that are also provided by Mac OS X, I suggest to use a package manager such as Homebrew.
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some_id
It works just calling python program.py. Should the path still be set
if you add a shebang at the start of the python file then you can run a python file by just its name from terminal
add #!/usr/bin/python
for mac(others add your respective path for python)
at the top of your python program and from your terminal you can run it just by filename(if it has executable permissions).
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Have a look at the Python package under Applications. There is a shell script there called Update Shell Profile.command
Run this and it should set your path up properly.
Unless you mark you script as executable with chmod +x, you'll need to run python over it first. e.g. `python myscript.py'
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I installed all of my python through macports, which has pros and cons. One of the benefits is that you don't have to worry about stuff like this, it just works. You can install python 2.6 and python 2.7 (and others), and then use the python_select utility to set up which python is run when you call "python blah.py"
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Since you have installed a working python, the easiest way to run python files from the terminal is to cd your terminal to the directory where the file is located and then just type python my_code.py in the terminal.
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python2.7available.