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Asked: 2026-06-04T04:01:56+00:00

I’m using hostgator and they swear that python is supported, but I’ve yet to

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I’m using hostgator and they swear that python is supported, but I’ve yet to see one working python script. I’ve tried several scripts, my latest one is the one they give on their website:

#!/usr/bin/python
print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";
print "<html><head>";
print "<title>CGI Test</title>";
print "</head><body>";
print "<p>Test page using Python</p>";
print "</body></html>";

I’m getting an Internal Server Error:
http://elkuzu.com/cgi-bin/test.py

The file has 755 permissions, so does the folder cgi-bin. They refused to help me with what they call “coding” problems… but with all that I’ve tried and received nothing but Internal Server Errors, I’m thinking the problem is with them. Anyone know what could be wrong?

Error Logs:

[Sat May 19 09:11:38 2012] [error] [client 74.129.48.242] File does not exist: /home/elkuzu/public_html/404.shtml
[Sat May 19 09:11:38 2012] [error] [client 74.129.48.242] File does not exist: /home/elkuzu/public_html/favicon.ico
[Sat May 19 09:11:37 2012] [error] [client 74.129.48.242] File does not exist: /home/elkuzu/public_html/500.shtml

I’ve talked with my host (hostgator) and they’ve turned it into a ticket, which makes me think that something is up on their end.

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  1. Editorial Team

    There is documentation on how to use Python as a CGI.

    In your case, the issue was the line endings. They’re the hidden character at the end of each line.

    On a Unix-like system, The line endings in the program file must be
    Unix style line endings. This is important because the web server
    checks the first line of the script (called shebang) and tries to run
    the program specified there. It gets easily confused by Windows line
    endings (Carriage Return & Line Feed, also called CRLF), so you have
    to convert the file to Unix line endings (only Line Feed, LF). This
    can be done automatically by uploading the file via FTP in text mode
    instead of binary mode, but the preferred way is just telling your
    editor to save the files with Unix line endings. Most editors support
    this.

    On Windows (ie Notepad) they’re represented as (CR LF, or \r\n), whereas on unix they’re (LF or \n).

    In Notepad++, you can view line endings as symbols like so: View -> Show Symbol -> Show End of Line

    To replace windows linebreaks with unix ones, you can use: Search -> Replace…

    In the replace dialogue, find \r\n, and replace them with \n. Ensure the Extended Search mode is selected.

    Notepad++ replace dialogue screenshot

    Alternatively, you can use Edit -> EOL Conversion -> UNIX Format

    Notepad++ EOL Conversion screenshot

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