Calling python script on MAC/Linux from Command line - passing arguments

Question

Consider this setup and folder structure:

c:\foo
      \bin\foo.bat
      \lib\foo.py

I have foo.bat path added to my environment PATH, so I can call it from anywhere passing in some arguments:

c:/>foo.bat -v

foo.bat contains this code:

@ECHO OFF
"c:\foo\lib\foo.py" %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9

This works fine in Windows.

Now I want to be able to do the same in Mac or Linux.

How can I create this executable file, that will call the script lib\foo.py, passing in some arguments?

thanks

[SOLUTION]

thanks guys, your answers helped me end up with this script that works as intended:

in \foo\bin\foo file

#!/usr/bin/env bash
python /usr/local/foo/lib/foo.py $*

deif · Accepted Answer · 2010-08-16 10:02:21Z

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You can call python scripts directly on mac/linux, just make sure to put your python interpreter on the first line, example file foo:

#!/usr/bin/python 
if __name__ == "__main__":
    print 'bar'

to run the file call it directly form your current directory using ./foo

if you want to access if from everywhere you can put it in /usr/local/bin, for example, just make sure that the file is executable (chmod +x foo).

answered Aug 16, 2010 at 10:02

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Bach Over a year ago

thank deif. The only problem is I didn't want the user to call in the script directly, as I was keeping all executables in the bin, while the script lives in the libs where it's got relative references to other libraries/scripts in that folder.

Emanuele Cipolla · Accepted Answer · 2010-08-16 09:58:13Z

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You didn't explicitly say what your shell of choice is, but assuming it's GNU bash:

#!/usr/bin/env bash
/path/to/lib/foo.py $*

Note that both your shell script and foo.py need to have the execution bit set to be run this way (that is only a

chmod +x /path/to/your/script /path/to/lib/foo.py

away).

edited Aug 16, 2010 at 9:58

answered Aug 16, 2010 at 9:52

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Bach Over a year ago

thanks Emanuele. That really helped as I wasn't sure how to pass in those arguments.

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