How do I make a Python script executable on Unix?

Question

I have a python script that is currently run from cron. We want to make it into a service so it can be controlled with service start/stop/restart.
Can anyone point me at site that has instructions on how to do this?

Answer 1

Just add this line at the start of the script:

#!/usr/bin/env python

and change the permission to executable using:

 chmod +x script_name.py

Now you are good to go, you can execute like,

 ./script_name.py

Comments

Was about to answer the same, you took my points :)

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:)
Ha ha, timing ;)