Running a Python Script via PuTTY

[mott3510]

I wrote a python script and I have copied my file (verification.py) into my http directory. However, when I try to run the script I get many errors...

..
: No such file or directoryline 1: #!/usr/bin/python
: command not foundect.py: line 3:
./Verification_Project.py: line 4: from: command not found
: command not foundect.py: line 5:
./Verification_Project.py: line 6: from: command not found
import: unable to open X server `'.
import: unable to open X server `'.
import: unable to open X server `'.
import: unable to open X server `'.
import: unable to open X server `'.
import: unable to open X server `'.
import: unable to open X server `'.
import: unable to open X server `'.
./Verification_Project.py: line 15: from: command not found
import: unable to open X server `'.
: command not foundect.py: line 19:
./Verification_Project.py: line 20: syntax error near unexpected token `('
'/Verification_Project.py: line 20: `today = datetime.date.today()
..

I am not sure why I am getting these errors because when I run the script in Python it works fine.

Thanks!

[bvdet]

At the command line, did you type in:
python path/verification.py
??

[mott3510]

Initially, no I did not, I typed ./Verification.py
However, I just tried that from my http directory which is where the file is located and it said

python: can't open file 'path/Verification_Project.py': [Errno 2] No such file or directory

[bvdet]

From your HTTP directory, try typing in python Verification.py. When I posted python path/Verification.py, I did not mean path literally, but the actual path to your file on your system. You may also need the path to the python interpreter.

[mott3510]

I wrote my python script in windows, however I need to convert it so that it will run on a linux computer. Do you know how I would convert from windows to linux?

[bvdet]

Most Python code is not platform dependent. PuTTY is available for Windows and Unix platforms.

-BV

[Arun Raja V J]

There are two ways to doing it.
Method 1
First make the script executable
chmod u+x <script>.py
./<script>.py

Method 2
Python -v <script>.py