Python: simple example trying to create a unix command-line executable - why won't it work?
Get rid of the spaces in #! /usr/local/bin/ python so it's #!/usr/local/bin/python. You may also want to make it #!/usr/bin/env python, which will select the first Python interpreter in your path, but that's not recommended for published modules. (Although, neither is /usr/local/bin/python).
Your shebang has too many spaces. Try
#!/usr/local/bin/pythonAnother common form calls 'env' to find which python to use so that you are not dependent on paths that tend to be different depending on how python was installed.
#!/usr/bin/env python