can't run dxf2gcode

"dir" is a dos command in linux you use "ls"... if you type "pwd" after opening up a terminal you will see the results from "print working directory" command it will be something like "/home/paul" if you download to paul then you can just open a terminal and type in ./dxf2gcode_b02.py and it will attempt to run. BTW, where did you get the file?

John

YES I've found it thank you, thank you. Now I enter /dxf2gcode_b02.py or dxf2gcode_b02 and I get "no such file or directory" or "command not found". dir shows it there

pwd shows home/pauls, ls shows that it is in the directory neither /dxf2gcode_b02.py or dxf2gcode_02.py will work. Don't remember where I got it where do you suggest and where should I extract it to

thanks for the help

ok tried it again with ./dxf2gcode_b02 and got "bash: ./dxf2gcode_b02.py: python^m: bad interpreter: no such file or directory"

another download? can you suggest a source?

thanks

paulstenlund wrote: ok tried it again with ./dxf2gcode_b02 and got "bash: ./dxf2gcode_b02.py: python^m: bad interpreter: no such file or directory"

another download? can you suggest a source?

thanks

If you type ls in the terminal does dxf2gcode_b02.py show up?

You have to use the dot slash filename.ext in Linux to execute a file... if the file is not set to executable then it won't run. open up the file manager and right click on the file and go to properties and make sure executable or something similar is checked. Once the file is set to executable if the file runs ok you can just click or double click depends on how you set that and it should run.

Or type ./dxf2gcode_b02.py in the terminal.

John

I found out that /usr/bin/python^M: bad interpreter: for dxf2gcode_b02.py
If run /usr/bin/python dxf2gcode_b02.py it will be ok.

or run under linuxcnc "open g-code file" and point to dxf2gcode_b02.py it will work.

but strange dxf2gcode_v01 is working under the same "#!/usr/bin/python" the same line in dxf2gcode_b02 give "/usr/bin/python^M: bad interpreter:"

no ^M found in the dxf2gcode_b02.py file
some windows unix return code problem.