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--- other:python:misc_by_jyp [2021/08/25 10:12] – [Using ordered dictionaries] Added more details jypeter
+++ other:python:misc_by_jyp [2021/08/25 14:40] – [Working with paths and filenames] Improved example jypeter
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     * [[https://docs.python.org/3/library/pathlib.html#correspondence-to-tools-in-the-os-module|Matching pathlib, and os or os.path functions]]
   * [[https://docs.python.org/3/library/shutil.html|High-level file operations]]
+=== Example: getting the full path of the Python used ===
+Note: the actual python may be different from the default python!
+<code>$ which python
+/usr/bin/python
+$ /modfs/modtools/miniconda3//envs/analyse_3.6_test/bin/python
+>>> import sys, shutil
+>>> shutil.which('python')
+'/usr/bin/python'
+>>> sys.executable
+'/modfs/modtools/miniconda3//envs/analyse_3.6_test/bin/python'</code>
+=== Example: getting the full path of a script ===
+<code>>>> import os
+>>> os.getcwd()
+'/home/jypmce/PMIP4'
+>>> os.path.exists('./argv_test.py')
+True
+>>> os.path.abspath('./argv_test.py')
+'/home/jypmce/PMIP4/argv_test.py'
+>>> os.path.exists('/home/jypmce/PMIP4/argv_test.py')
+True
+</code>
 === Example: getting the size(s) of all the files in a directory ===