How do I determine: the current directory (where I was in the shell when I ran the Python script), and where the Python file I am executing is?

Jul 9, 2010 · How can I list all files of a directory in Python and add them to a list?

2814 The special variable __file__ contains the path to the current file. From that we can get the directory using either pathlib or the os.path module. Python 3 For the directory of the script …

cd is the shell command to change the working directory. What is the equivalent in Python?

Essentially it's using Python's subprocess module to run the bash script $ rm -rf '/path/to/your/dir as if you were using the terminal to accomplish the same task. It's not fully Python, but it gets it …

133 Python 3.4 introduced the pathlib module into the standard library, which provides an object oriented approach to handle filesystem paths. The is_dir() and exists() methods of a Path …

python -m site --user-site If this points to a non-existing directory check the exit status of Python and see python -m site --help for explanations. Hint: Running pip list --user or pip freeze --user …

Jul 18, 2016 · A directory is a file but of a special type on most file systems. Then there are devices, pipes, sockets, etc. The os.stat() method in this answer is how I implement file …

Apr 28, 2011 · The first parameter is the directory pathname. This will change for each subdirectory. This answer is based on the 3.1.1 version documentation of the Python Library. …

Mar 15, 2009 · I want to find out my Python installation path on Windows. For example: C:\\Python25 How can I find where Python is installed?