Issue in creating python file with extension .py on dektop

Question

I am using VM box with Windows 10 as host and running Ubuntu16.04. while creating a file with extension .py , it create a plane text file . how can I solve this?

Answer 1

Are you sure that it does not have a txt extension?
If the file extensions are "hidden", you may think your file is yourfile.py but it really is a yourfile.py.txt

Answer 2

Go in your windows VM and do it from there.

Answer 3

In Windows, when saving the file, try click on the box that says "Text file (.txt)" (or something similiar) and select "all files". Now try saving it again.

Answer 4

in your ubuntu ternimal, write touch newfile.py. this will create a new py file with the name newfile

Answer 5

a python file is a text file. on windows you can associate the extension with the python executor,
on Linux you have to :
add the line
#!/path_to_python_executable/python
at the very top to get the same result
(Also the script must have executable permissions.)

Alternatively, running
#python yourscript.py
always work

Answer 6

how can I access it's hidden extension in Ubuntu

Answer 7

I ' ll already tried this but plane text file is created no pathan file

Answer 8

Nilesj So if you type "touch newfile.py" does it make a file called "newfile.txt"?

Answer 9

Not exactly it will create newfile.py but in properties it's shows plane text file

Answer 10

There is no file extension dependencies on linux systems. adding a .py to a file does not make it python file. Running "python myfile" and "python myfile.py" will show same output