Python script header

Question

The typical header should be

#!/usr/bin/env python

But I found below also works when executing the script like $python ./my_script.p

Answer 1

I'd suggest 3 things in the beginning of your script:

First, as already being said use environment:

#!/usr/bin/env python

Second, set your encoding:

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

Third, set some doc string:

"""This is a awesome
    python script!"""

And for sure I would use " " (4 spaces) for ident.
Final header will look like:

#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

"""This is a awesome
        python script!"""

Best wishes and happy coding.