Permission Denied when trying to run knockpy.py in terminal ubuntu

Question

I am trying to install and run knockpy.py but for some reason, each time I try to execute it, whether in sudo or not I get permission denied.

gp@ubuntu:~/knock/knockpy$ ./knockpy.py
bash: ./knockpy.py: Permission denied

I have installed knock from github already as you can see but still can not run the program. Am I doing something wrong? Please provide some assistance.

Answer 1

To run a script on Linux, you need to either :

• ensure that the script is an executable. You can run chmod a+x ./knockpy.py in order to do so. Then call ./knockpy.py to run the script.
• let the python interpreter execute the script by running the following command : python ./knockpy.py