Gfilui

I have a python script (peepdf.py) that I would like to execute directly by simple typing it in terminal then pass it the parameters it expects. To do this, I moved the folder which contains the script and other dependencies to /usr/local/bin directory then added to that full path to the ~/.bashrc file so that it becomes persistent.

Nonetheless, now when I type the command in terminal, I get this:

/usr/bin/env: ‘python’: No such file or directory

So I checked and I do have python installed since I went to the directory /usr/bin and saw it there python3 and python2.7, etc.

The only way I am able to run my script is by typing:

/usr/bin/python2.7 /usr/local/bin/peepdf_0.3/peepdf.py -i test.pdf 

Any way to make this script more accessible in terms of writing?

Update: Here is the line added to the .bashrc

export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/bin/peepdf_0.3

I advise against changing the PATH variable for just a single script. If you're not going to use it in any other environment, you can simply change your script's shebang to point to python2.7 directly:

#!/usr/bin/python2.7

This way you can execute it with the full path, e.g.:

/usr/local/bin/peepdf_0.3/peepdf.py -i test.pdf

If you however want to execute it conveniently with just a single keyword, I'd define an alias in the ~/.bash_aliases file, let's take “peepdf”:

alias peepdf='/usr/bin/python2.7 /usr/local/bin/peepdf_0.3/peepdf.py'

With that you're able to run your script simply with e.g.:

peepdf -i test.pdf