Now I want to create an icon to start the terminal on the desktop and run the python file when I double-click it. How do I do it? I thought I could use the cd and launch commands to create a shell file, and then associate the shell file with Terminal. But I can’t seem to associate it with the terminal.
Someone said to use the suffix “.command” Name the shell file, but this causes it to launch Flash Builder. I don’t know where the employee is. I can’t manually associate the terminal because I can’t find it. It’s not in /Applications.
# !/bin/bash
python PATH_TO_YOUR_PYTHON_FILE
Then you have to make it executable
chmod u+x FILE_ON_DESKTOP
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Alternatively, you can create a symbolic link to the python file and make it executable.
You can find the terminal in /Applications/Utilities
I have a python script that I can use the terminal to run in the usual way. For example, start Terminal, cd to the directory, and type ./xxx.py, where xxx.py is the name of the file containing the script. < p>
Now I want to create a terminal icon on the desktop and run the python file when I double-click it. How can I do it? I thought I could use the cd and launch commands to create a shell file, and then associate the shell file with Terminal. But I can’t seem to associate it with the terminal.
Someone said to use the suffix “.command” Name the shell file, but this causes it to launch Flash Builder. I don’t know where the employee is. I can’t manually associate the terminal because I can’t find it. It’s not in /Applications.
On the desktop, you can create a file with the following content
#!/bin/bash
python PATH_TO_YOUR_PYTHON_FILE
Then you have to make it executable
chmod u+x FILE_ON_DESKTOP
Or, you can create a pointer to python Symbolic link to the file and make it executable.
You can find the terminal in /Applications/Utilities