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Python

Posted by Mohammed Ismail
Mohammed Ismail
7,190 Points

chmod +x diary.py

After doing chmod +x diary.py, I did ./diary.py, I threw me an error ": No such file or directory" Can someone help me with this.

I am using work spaces + windows

2 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
243,318 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
243,318 Points

Two possible issues come to mind:

  1. you may not have been working in the same folder where the file is located
  2. the file name might be spelled differently (including capitalization - "Diary.py" perhaps?)

If neither of those pan out, we can be more specific if you make a snapshot of your workspace and post the link to it here.

Mohammed Ismail
Mohammed Ismail
7,190 Points

Steven Parker https://w.trhou.se/bj0t9xen6g

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
243,318 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
243,318 Points

Apparently the file format is not compatible with the command shell. The course may have some other way to deal with this (you didn't link to or mention the course). But here's one way to fix it:

treehouse:~/workspace$ cp diary.py temp
treehouse:~/workspace$ tr -d \\r <temp >diary.py
treehouse:~/workspace$ rm temp

These commands convert the line endings from DOS-style to UNIX-style by removing the carriage returns. Then you can run the file by name. It doesn't do anything interesting yet, but you won't get the error.

Mohammed Ismail
Mohammed Ismail
7,190 Points
Mohammed Ismail
Mohammed Ismail
7,190 Points

Steven Parker Thanks! Do we have any course which covers related unix commands at Treehouse?

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
243,318 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
243,318 Points

The Console Foundations course would cover some basic ones.