Shell Script To CD and Run a Python Script

Question

OK, I know that there is a lot like this question but I literally get nothing. The thing i need is a script that cd's to /home/project then runs python3 pyscript.py I created an alias to cd alias name='cd /home/project but when I run a shell script I get an error:

: not found: 3: script: script.sh: name ' [Errorno 2] No such file or directory : not found: 5: script.sh

My sh script is:

#!/bin/bash name python3 pyscript.py

Thanks for your help.

Answer 1

The error in your bash is the unknown command name. I don't know what your intention with this command is, so I can not comment further on it.

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To run your Python script with /home/project as the working directory, directly on the command line:

( cd /home/project && python3 pyscript.py )

The command is in parentheses so that the cd does not affect the working directory of the interactive shell session.

As an alias:

alias mypyscript='( cd /home/project && python3 pyscript.py )'

As a shell function:

mypyscript () (
    cd /home/project && python3 pyscript.py
)

As a shell script:

#!/bin/sh
cd /home/project && python3 pyscript.py

In all of the above, python3 pyscript.py would not be invoked if the cd failed.