On Thu, Aug 16, 2018 at 8:32 PM, Thomas Jollans <t...@tjol.eu> wrote: > On 2018-08-16 01:05, Chris Angelico wrote: >> On Thu, Aug 16, 2018 at 8:51 AM, Cameron Simpson <c...@cskk.id.au> wrote: >>> And as an additional alternative, when I want something weird (extra python >>> args or the like) I usually make my script.py into a module and invoke it >>> via a shell script, eg: >>> >>> #!/bin/sh >>> exec /particular/python python-opts... -m script_module ${1+"$@"} >>> >>> Obviously that'd need a little adaption under Windows. >> >> Since an executable file without a shebang should normally be invoked >> through /bin/sh, you can actually combine this technique into the >> script itself with a cool hack: > > Well, sorta. Executable text files without a shebang line are not > executable per se, but most shells pretend they are. If you try to run a > shebang-less script through, say, Python's subprocess module, it won't work.
Good point. Still, for a lot of situations, it does allow you to invoke the .py file. I wonder if there's some sort of sneaky way to make the exec line appear as a comment to Python - probably involving quoting rules. ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list