When attempting to call a python script from a script, don't attempt to execute it directly using ./, instead call the interrupter to execute it for you. Something like this should suffice: #!/bin/bash SCRIPT_PATH="myPythonscript.py" PYTHON="/usr/bin/python" # call script via the interrupter $PYTHON $SCRIPT_PATH Also make sure that the permissions are right on both scripts (chmod +x) etc. ... View more