Permission denied when launch python script via bash

Question

# ./scripts/replace-md5sums.py
bash: ./scripts/replace-md5sums.py: Permission denied

replace-md5sums.py has chmod 600

Answer 1

I solved my problem. it's just the version of python which the interpreter reads off the first line. removing to version numbers did it for me, i.e.

#!/usr/bin/python2.7 --> #!/usr/bin/python