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How do I make a Python .bat executable file?

Robert Shockley vaton at postoffice.pacbell.net
Mon Dec 27 21:35:39 EST 1999 
Thanks a lot for the info, your solution is the one I was looking for (a
windows equivalent to the pound-bang trick ~Rob~

Gordon McMillan wrote:

> Robert Schockley writes:
>
> > What kind of 'wrapper' is needed to make a python script an
> > executable .bat file in Windows? Is the she-bang (#!/...)  line
> > required? I would appreciate any help. ~Rob~
>
> shebang does nothing on WIndows.
>
> Most people use the file extension association (.py ->
> python.exe) which the installer sets up for you. Unfortunately,
> file redirection is broken (in general) when using file
> associations, so:
>  >python myscript.py >out.txt  # works
>  >myscript.py >out.txt # doesn't
>
> The more direct equivalent of the shebang trick would be (this
> version courtesy of Bruce Eckel):
> ----------------------------------------------------------
> @echo off
> rem = """
> rem run python on this bat file. Needs the full path where
> rem you keep your python files. The -x causes python to skip
> rem the first line of the file:
> python -x c:\aaa\Python\\"%0".bat %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9
> goto endofpython
> rem """
>
> # The python program goes here:
>
> print "hello, Python"
>
> # For the end of the batch file:
> rem = """
> :endofpython
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> ...which I never use because none of my editors are smart enough to
> syntax colorize a Python script with a .bat extension.
>
> - Gordon
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