Error "No such file or directory" when running Django ./manage.py

Question

In my django project, the command ./manage.py [command] results in this error message:

: No such file or directory

The command python manage.py [command] works well. I tried with syncdb and runserver. I tried chmod a+x manage.py, but the problem persists.

My manage.py:

#!/usr/bin/env python
import os
import sys

if __name__ == "__main__":
    os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "myproject.settings")

    from django.core.management import execute_from_command_line

    execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)

I use django 1.4.1 in a virtualenv. How can I fix this to use manage.py [command]?

Answer 1

Likely, the reason is because your line endings in the manage.py file are \n instead of \r\n. As a result the #! hash-bang is misinterpreted.

This happens to me when I use a Windows based text-editor for my linux connection.

Answer 2

The #! hash-bang line doesn't point to your virtualenv python; replace the first line with:

#!/path/to/virtualenv/bin/python