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- On *NIX systems, putting #!/usr/bin/env python as the first line of a program allows the program to be executable by referencing the location of Python on the user's PATH. Of course, this assumes Python is on the PATH; if not, then the program will have to be invoked like normal.
- After this has been added to the program, the file itself needs to be modified to make it executable, that is, $ chmod +x <program>.py.
- If you are using a terminal program that displays files and directories in different colors depending on their modes, running the command ls on the directory where the file is located should show it with a different color than non-executable files.
- To execute the program, simply type ./<program>.py and the program ...
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