Question

I am learning Python now. There are 2 ways of running python in the terminal.

one is
python xx.py

another ./xx.py

The first way works for me, but when I am trying to run using the second option, I get

-bash: ./hello.py: Permission denied

I can run the python program one way or another, but I would really like to know why, and what command should use to grant permission to run this using ./

Thanks!

Answer 1

In order to be executable, the script must be granted execute permissions via chmod: chmod +x filename.py or the like.