Corrupted python file

Question

By mistake I have corrupted python file.

gauravv@ubuntu:~/Documents$ cp test.py /usr/local/bin/python cp: cannot create regular file ‘/usr/local/bin/python’: Permission denied gauravv@ubuntu:~/Documents$ sudo cp test.py /usr/local/bin/python [sudo] password for gauravv: gauravv@ubuntu:~/Documents$

Now I am getting this error

gauravv@ubuntu:/usr/local/bin$ python bash: /usr/local/bin/python: /usr/local/bin/python: bad interpreter: Too many levels of symbolic links gauravv@ubuntu:/usr/local/bin$

Any way to restore this file w/o installation.

You replaced python interpreter with your test.py and now you want to restore it? No its not possible. — cppcoder
– cppcoder, Commented Sep 10, 2014 at 6:41
isn't it a question (like all your others) for unix.stackexchange.com ? — soupault
– soupault, Commented Sep 10, 2014 at 8:17

NiklasMM · Accepted Answer · 2014-09-10 06:48:43Z

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Depending on your distribution /usr/local/bin/python was probably just a link to the actual binary, which you can definitely restore. All you need to do is find the original binary. Look in places like /usr/bin.

Then restore the link: sudo ln -s /usr/bin/python /usr/local/bin/python

answered Sep 10, 2014 at 6:48

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user3114051 Over a year ago

Yes, that is correct because python was the symbolic link but my work has corrupted the actual file too. gauravv@ubuntu:/usr/local/bin$ cat python2 |more #!/usr/local/bin/python import sys print(sys.platform) print(2100) x='spam!' print(x*8) gauravv@ubuntu:/usr/local/bin$ cat python2.7 |more #!/usr/local/bin/python import sys print(sys.platform) print(2100) x='spam!' print(x*8) gauravv@ubuntu:/usr/local/bin$

NiklasMM Over a year ago

If you have really overwritten the original binary, start your ubuntu version from a live cd and copy the python binary on a USB stick. Then boot into your installation and restore the file.

user3114051 Over a year ago

Thanks guys I got the python file from ubuntu default directory. After copy from there it is working now.

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