PyCharm. /usr/bin/python^M: bad interpreter

55
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Cannot figure out, where to change EOF in PyCharm. My scripts, started with:

#!/usr/bin/python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

Outputs something like this, when I try to run it like executable (chmode +x):

-bash: ./main.py: /usr/bin/python^M: bad interpreter: No such file or directory

What to do and how to be?

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pythoninterpretereofpycharm
there seems to be ^M characters in the script, use dos2unix - avasal
It seems like the original file was created in MSDOS/Windows without UNIX/Linux end of line support. So when you tried to run this file on UNIX/Linux, you got an error. The easiest way is to recreate the file on UNIX/Linux. The scalable way is to configure the MSDOS/Windows shell to support saving with UNIX/Linux end of lines. It's help you to create and reuse files on both systems. - dzNET

10 Answers

35
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Set line separator to Unix:

Unix

47
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The issue is not EOF but EOL. The shell sees a ^M as well as the end of line and thus tries to find /usr/bin/python^M .

The usual way of getting into this state is to edit the python file with a MSDOS/Windows editor and then run on Unix. The simplest fix is to run dos2unix on the file or edit the file in an editor that explicitly allows saving with Unix end of lines.

26
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You may find the answers here: ./configure : /bin/sh^M : bad interpreter

As a Mac OS X user, I didn't find the command dos2unix. Alternatively, I use vi/vim: :set fileformat=unix and then save the file :wq

17
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If you are using Vim, just enter the following command:

:set fileformat=unix
13
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you may want to try dos2unix <filename>

9
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Install dos2unix: sudo apt-get install dos2unix

and let it do the magic: dos2unix FILENAME

4
votes

For MacOS you can install it via Homebrew like this:

brew install dos2unix

And next do 

dos2unix FILENAME
2
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Similar to Jiangwei Yu's post. On UNIX/Linux, I used vi to edit the Python file. Using vi, you can see the ^M at the end of each line.

Find the following line /usr/bin/python^M

Hit end to get to the end of the line

Hit delete to remove the ^M

To save the file and quit, type in: :wq

This worked for me.

2
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you may try to do this:

sed --in-place 's/^M//g' main.py

[ to type in ^M, press ctrl+v,ctrl+m ]

1
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Just a Question of format beween win and unix:

try command: dos2unix fileName

After it run again, it should work