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Oti Oritsejafor
3,281 Pointswhen I try to run mine, it says "No such file or directory"
I named mine journal.py, When I enter "./journal.py" outside the python shell it tells me "No such file or directory."
7 Answers
Kenneth Love
Treehouse Guest TeacherNo, I mean... like, for me, it'd be:
$ python journal.py
And then something would get outputted to the screen. What are you running and what's the error message that's coming back?
Oti Oritsejafor
3,281 PointsI try to run
./journal.py
And it gives me
: No such file or directory
Kenneth Love
Treehouse Guest TeacherOK, what if you do python3 journal.py?
Alexander Davison
65,469 PointsAre you sure you didn't misspell anything? Also, did you delete the file (you can type LS in lower case letters to see the files)?
I hope you will figure it out because it works just fine for me
Oti Oritsejafor
3,281 PointsThanks, but when I typed ls in lower case all the files seem to be intact.
Alexander Davison
65,469 PointsMaybe you didn't add permissions yet. Try typing this into the command line (don't type the dollar sign, juts type everything in front of it):
$ chmod +x journal.py
Hope it helps
Happy coding!
Oti Oritsejafor
3,281 PointsRyan Oakes , when I type 'ls" it shows:
journal.db journal.py students.db students.py
Ryan Oakes
9,787 PointsI see. Maybe we can help you better if you show us your code?
Also, if you're not using workspaces and trying to run the program, try "python3 journal.py" in the command line and see if that works.
Oti Oritsejafor
3,281 PointsRyan Oakes here is my code for journal.py(I am running it in workspaces:
#!/usr/bin/env python3
import datetime
from collections import OrderedDict
from peewee import *
import sys
db = SqliteDatabase('journal.db')
class Entry(Model):
content = TextField()
timestamp = DateTimeField(default=datetime.datetime.now)
class Meta:
database = db
def initialize():
"""Create a database and the table if they don't exist."""
db.connect()
db.create_tables([Entry],safe=True)
def menu_loop():
"""Show the menu"""
choice = None
while choice != 'q':
print("Enter 'q' to quit")
for key, value in menu.items():
print("{}) {}".format(key, value__.doc__))
choice = input("Action: ").lower().strip()
if choice in menu:
menu[choice]()
def add_entry():
"""Add an entry"""
print("Enter your entry. Press ctrl + D when finsihed.")
data = sys.stdin.read().strip()
if data:
if input("Save entry? [Y/N]").lower() != 'n':
Entry.create(content=data)
print("Saved successfully.")
def view_entry():
"""View previous entries"""
def delete_entry():
"""Delete previous entry"""
menu = OrderedDict([
('a', add_entry),
('b', view_entry),
])
if __name__ == '__main__':
initialize()
menu_loop()
Oti Oritsejafor
3,281 PointsKenneth Love help please?(Also I changed the line with: print("{}) {}".format(key, value_.doc)) to print("{}) {}".format(key, value.doc_)) but that didn't help
Kenneth Love
Treehouse Guest TeacherCan you copy and paste the entirety of what you're running and the error message? That'll help with debugging.
Oti Oritsejafor
3,281 PointsOkay thanks, here it is( I named it journal.py rather than diary.py): '''python
!/usr/bin/env python3
from collections import OrderedDict import datetime import sys
from peewee import *
db = SqliteDatabase('journal.db')
class Entry(Model): content = TextField() timestamp = DateTimeField(default=datetime.datetime.now)
class Meta:
database = db
def initialize(): """Create the database and the table if they don't exist.""" db.connect() db.create_tables([Entry], safe=True)
def menu_loop(): """Show the menu""" choice = None
while choice != 'q':
print("Enter 'q' to quit.")
for key, value in menu.items():
print('{}) {}'.format(key, value.__doc__))
choice = input('Action: ').lower().strip()
if choice in menu:
menu[choice]()
def add_entry(): """Add an entry.""" print("Enter you entry. Press ctrl+d when finished.") data = sys.stdin.read().strip()
if data:
if input('Save entry? [Yn] ').lower() != 'n':
Entry.create(content=data)
print("Saved successfully!")
def view_entries(search_query=None): """View previous entries.""" entries = Entry.select().order_by(Entry.timestamp.desc()) if search.query: entries = entries.where(Entry.content.contains(search_query))
for entry in entries:
timestamp = entry.timestamp.strftime('%A %B %d, %Y %I:%M%p)
print(timestamp)
print(=*len(timestamp))
print(entry.content)
print('n) for next entry')
print('q) to quit')
next_action = input('Action: ').lower().strip()
if next_action == 'q':
break
def search_entries(): """search entries for a string.""" view_entries(input(Search query: ))
def delete_entry(entry): """Delete an entry."""
menu = OrderedDict([
('a', add_entry),
('v', view_entries),
('s', search_entries),
])
if name == 'main': initialize() menu_loop()
'''
Kenneth Love
Treehouse Guest TeacherWell that's what I'm trying to figure out :)
OK, so what about /usr/bin/env python3 journal.py? Does that work?
Oti Oritsejafor
3,281 PointsKenneth Love When I try "python3 journal.py", it works! Thanks a lot and can I know why it only works with that?
Ryan Oakes
9,787 PointsRyan Oakes
9,787 PointsWhat exactly are you trying to do?
Are you in the command line? Hit "ls" to see if journal.py is in your current directory.
Also, if you're trying to mess around in the Python shell and utilize assets from your journal.py, you'll need to import them into the shell.