Question

So I’m trying to create some scripts that I want to run without manually specifying the interpreter each time I run it.

#!/usr/bin/python

Above is the shebang on an existing script that runs like I want it to.

Below is the shebang of a script I wrote from scratch

#!/usr/bin/python

To me they look identical, but running the second one gives me a

helloWorld.py: permission denied

Both have been created using kate, utf-8 and unix lines.
Both are identical to me.

Any ideas?

Answer 1

The shebang may be correct, but the script also needs execute permissions.

# Anyone can execute
chmod +x helloworld.py

# Only the file owner can execute
chmod u+x helloworld.py