Why is the "file" command get confused on .py files?

Posted by pythonic metaphor on Super User See other posts from Super User or by pythonic metaphor
Published on 2011-02-23T23:11:33Z Indexed on 2011/02/23 23:27 UTC
Read the original article Hit count: 160

Filed under:

python

|

file-command

I have several python modules that I've written. Randomly, I used file on this directory, and I was really surprised by what I saw. Here's the resulting count of what it thought the files were:

  1 ASCII Java program text, with very long lines
  1 a /bin/env python script text executable
  1 a python script text executable
  2 ASCII C++ program text
  4 ASCII English text
 18 ASCII Java program text

That's strange! Any idea what's going on or why it seems to think python modules are very often java files?

I'm using CentOS 5.2.

© Super User or respective owner

Related posts about python

unmet dependencies in Ubuntu 12.04

as seen on Ask Ubuntu - Search for 'Ask Ubuntu'
I tried today to install a dvb-card on my Ubuntu 12.04 (Linux blauhai-linux 3.2.0-25-generic #40-Ubuntu SMP Wed May 23 20:30:51 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux ). The installation failed with an error. After that, i tried to install python (it was already installed but i got this error): linux:~$… >>> More
How can I get sikuli-ide to work?

as seen on Ask Ubuntu - Search for 'Ask Ubuntu'
I installed sikuli-ide with sudo apt-get install sikuli-ide Everything was fine until I tried to start it from the terminal. I typed sikuli-ide But the only response I got was [info] locale: en_US The application was not started, furthermore there is no desktop file and sikuli-ide does not… >>> More
Getting PATH right for python after MacPorts install

as seen on Super User - Search for 'Super User'
I can't import some python libraries (PIL, psycopg2) that I just installed with MacPorts. I looked through these forums, and tried to adjust my PATH variable in $HOME/.bash_profile in order to fix this but it did not work. I added the location of PIL and psycopg2 to PATH. I know that Terminal is… >>> More
call python with system() in R to run a python script emulating the python console

as seen on Stack Overflow - Search for 'Stack Overflow'
I want to pass a chunk of Python code to Python in R with something like system('python ...'), and I'm wondering if there is an easy way to emulate the python console in this case. For example, suppose the code is "print 'hello world'", how can I get the output like this in R? >>> print… >>> More
Python - Calling a non python program from python?

as seen on Stack Overflow - Search for 'Stack Overflow'
Hi, I am currently struggling to call a non python program from a python script. I have a ~1000 files that when passed through this C++ program will generate ~1000 outputs. Each output file must have a distinct name. The command I wish to run is of the form: program_name -input -output -o1 -o2… >>> More

Related posts about file-command

file:// command-line arguments

as seen on Super User - Search for 'Super User'
Is it possible to pass command-line arguments to a program that is invoked via a file:// url? I'm trying to include Remote Desktop links in a wiki page that lists some servers: <a href="file:///c|/windows/system32/mstsc.exe /v:serverName">serverName</a> When I omit the argument the… >>> More
batch file command to run jar file

as seen on Stack Overflow - Search for 'Stack Overflow'
I am created jar file.The jar file is an executable one.But how can i run the jar file from the out side,using created batch file.I want to know the batch file coding to run the jar file without mentioning class path. Or is there any way to do it? >>> More
Batch file command line arguments

as seen on Stack Overflow - Search for 'Stack Overflow'
I want to pass a command as a command line argument from one batch file to another e.g. first.bat call test.bat "echo hello world" "echo welcome " test.bat set initialcommand=%1 set maincommand=%2 %maincommand% %initialcommand% >>> More
Batch file command line arguments

as seen on Stack Overflow - Search for 'Stack Overflow'
hi i want to execute a command that is saved as a string e.g test.bat call temp.bat "echo hello world" "echo welcome" temp.bat set first=%1 set sec=%2 %first% %sec% please tell me how to do this thanks >>> More
Batch file command PAUSE does not work

as seen on Stack Overflow - Search for 'Stack Overflow'
I am creating a simple batch file to assist in a few things, and I have some instructions that it prints out as well that I want the user to see before exit. Currently, the window closes very quickly. So I added PAUSE at the end of the file, but it does not want to work. I looked at other questions… >>> More