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?

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

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 …

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 …

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60 Deleting a file or folder in Python There are multiple ways to delete a file in Python but the best ways are the following: os.remove() removes a file. os.unlink() removes a file. It is a Unix alias …

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 …

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 …

Jan 13, 2012 · Go here for full write up. In a nutshell, Python's shutil.move will raise an exception (but gnu-coreutils mv will not) when your destination is a directory and the directory already …