I'm getting an error when running make -f hello.py. It says " hello.py:1: *** missing separator. Stop. "

Question

This is the code for the makefile and hello.py. I was reading similar questions to mine and I believe this is a problem with a tab somewhere but I'm unable to find it. Any help would be appreciated, Thank you!

Command line output:

hello.py:1: *** missing separator.  Stop.

PYTHON = python3
VIEWER = less

.PHONY: clean run view other_run

run :   hello.py
        $(PYTHON) hello.py

other_run :     hello.py
        chmod u+x hello.py
        ./hello.py

view :  hello.py
        - $(VIEWER) hello.py

print("Hello, World!\n")

Answer 1

make -f hello.py will treat hello.py as a Makefile which is almost certainly not what you want

 -f file, --file=file, --makefile=FILE Use file as a makefile.

you probably want just make hello.py

Answer 2

This is the code for the makefile and hello.py. I was reading similar questions to mine and I believe this is a problem with a tab somewhere but I'm unable to find it. Any help would be appreciated, Thank you!

Command line output:

hello.py:1: *** missing separator.  Stop.

PYTHON = python3
VIEWER = less

.PHONY: clean run view other_run

run :   hello.py
        $(PYTHON) hello.py

other_run :     hello.py
        chmod u+x hello.py
        ./hello.py

view :  hello.py
        - $(VIEWER) hello.py

print("Hello, World!\n")