Python scripts in /usr/bin

Question

I\'m writing a pretty basic application in python (it\'s only one file at the moment). My question is how do I get it so the python script is able to be run in /usr/bin without

Answer 1

Simply strip off the .py extension by renaming the file. Then, you have to put the following line at the top of your file:

#!/usr/bin/env python

env is a little program that sets up the environment so that the right python interpreter is executed.

You also have to make your file executable, with the command

chmod a+x htswap

And dump it into /usr/local/bin. This is cleaner than /usr/bin, because the contents of that directory are usually managed by the operating system.