How to execute python file in linux

Question

I am using linux mint, and to run a python file I have to type in the terminal: python [file path], so is there way to make the file executable, and make it run

Answer 1

I suggest that you add

#!/usr/bin/env python

instead of #!/usr/bin/python at the top of the file. The reason for this is that the python installation may be in different folders in different distros or different computers. By using env you make sure that the system finds python and delegates the script's execution to it.

As said before to make the script executable, something like:

chmod u+x name_of_script.py

should do.