Using a bash script to execute python script with arguments

Question

I have been searching for an answer to no avail. I have a python script that I would like to run that has quite a few arguments. It works just fine when I run the command from the terminal, but as soon as I try to put it in a bash script it no longer works.

script.py --arg1 --arg2 --arg3 --arg4 --arg5

This works.

#!/bin/bash
script.py --arg1 --arg2 --arg3 --arg4 --arg5

This does not. I get no error message or output.

• 0x5453: Please define what you mean by "doesn't work". Do you get any output? How are you running your script?
• yaobin: What is the error message when you ran the bash script?
• sgc: Possible duplicate of Call Python script from bash with argument
• cdarke: Which shell is your terminal running? What is the error message?
• jchan: What I meant by doesn't work is I get no output or error message. If I append an echo 'Done' to the bash script, I never see the Done output.

Answer 1

Try this

#!/bin/bash
python script.py --arg1 --arg2 --arg3 --arg4 --arg5

The above assumes python executable is present in your path. If it is not you could also use the full path to python as follows

#!/bin/bash
/usr/bin/python script.py --arg1 --arg2 --arg3 --arg4 --arg5

• Barmar: Why would this be necessary in the script, but not when he runs it by hand?
• jchan: I have tried adding the path to python as well as the full path to the script. I still see no output or error messages when executing the bash script.