Running a python program in pfsense

[CouldntMakeUpOne]

Hi, new to pfsense and networking stuff. I'm trying to run a python script but just testing pfsense out by running a normal program first.

So, I went into the shell

1. Made a program called try.py using "touch try.py"
2. Edited the program using vi and putting print("hi")
3. Tried to run it using "./try.py"
   but it doesn't work. I'm using 2.4.4 and it should have python 2.7 installed right?
   it gives the error of "./try.py: 1: Syntax error: word unexpected (expecting ")")

Am I doing something wrong?

[Derelict]

python try.py

Look up what a shebang is.

[jimp]

On pfSense 2.4.4, python 2.7 is available as python2.7. So your try.py could run one of a couple ways:

1. Run the script using the correct binary:
   python2.7 try.py
2. Edit try.py, change the first line to reflect the correct python binary, which will allow it to run with ./try.py
#!/usr/bin/env python2.7
3. Make a symlink so you can invoke python 2.7 as python
ln -s /usr/local/bin/python2.7 /usr/local/bin/python

Note that in the future when python versions change, you would need to update whichever method you choose to point to the new binary, such as python3.6.