How to run a Python Script in Terminal ?

Question

Hello,
how can you run a Python Script in Terminal ? (OS X 10.4.5 - not OS X Server)
It´s about this Sript:
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20060225091102170
Thanks
iMac G5 20"   Mac OS X (10.4.5)  

Answer 1

While this isn't really specific at all to OS X Server (please keep your questions in the "Mac OS X Server" topic area related to OS X Server, it helps you and everyone else
Now then:
Please note the comments of "robg" (the site-"mom"/host):
"You'll want to save the script without the .txt extension, and remember to make it executable with chmod a+x site2template.sh
Save the file to your Desktop, and remove the ".txt" from the name so it's named: site2template.sh
then in the Terminal, issue:
chmod +x ~/Desktop/site2template.sh
"~" is shortcut for "the current user's (my) home directory"
From there you can simply use:
~/Desktop/site2template.sh /your/site
But, far better to:
choose a location to save the script, typically /usr/local/bin:
make the directory if you don't have one:
sudo mkdir /usr/local/bin
sudo cp ~/Desktop/site2template.sh /usr/local/bin/
then adjust the permissions:
sudo chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/site2template.sh
You may want to add /usr/local/bin to your path.
cat /etc/profile
and if you don't see it, add:
PATH="/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin"
export PATH
ie:
sudo cp /etc/profile /etc/profile.bak
(back it up to play safe)
sudo pico /etc/profile
and add
:/usr/local/bin
to the path info.
Save it (ctl w)
exit (ctl x)
then type: source /etc/profile
(start learning vi or emacs eventually)
and you'll be able to run:
site2template /path\ to/your/site/to\ convert