Python doesn't work

[zirtik]

Hello all, i'm a linux newbie so please forgive me for silly questions.

I cannot execute any .py files, when i type for example

filename.py i get no output, just nothing happens. python is located at /usr/bin/python and i put a
#!/usr/bin/python sheabang at the beginnig. I cannot execute any of them. This problem occured a few days ago and i did not make any system changes - i guess.

Before that, typing

python -V

used to give me the output:

Python 2.2.3

but now i get nothing, it simply gives no output and gets back to terminal screen for a new command.Basically it looks like as follows:

#python -V
#

I have root access and tried everything. Please help. Thanks in advance.

 

[stoolpigeon]

Are the permissions set so that the file is executable?

Here is a tutorial on chmod - the command to change permissions on a file.

http://catcode.com/teachmod/

 

[khanza]

Does the interpeter work?

What distro are you running?

I know in gentoo you have to do
#!/usr/bin/env python

then in slack you can do
#!/usr/bin/python

Give us the output of
"ls -l /usr/bin | grep python"

Hope this helps,
khan

 

[ericbrunson]

Give us the output of
"ls -l /usr/bin | grep python"

Better would be to see the output of:
ls -l $( which python )