How to get the current working directory using python 3

Question

When I run the following script in IDLE  import os print os getcwd      I get output as  D  testtool   but when I run from cmd prompt  I get  c  Python33 gt python D  testtool current dir py c  Python33   How do I get same result which I got using IDLE

User · Answer

Using pathlib you can get the folder in which the current file is located. __file__ is the pathname of the file from which the module was loaded. Ref: docs

import pathlib

current_dir = pathlib.Path(__file__).parent
current_file = pathlib.Path(__file__)

Doc ref: link

User · Answer

It seems that IDLE changes its current working dir to location of the script that is executed  while when running the script using cmd doesn t do that and it leaves CWD as it is   To change current working dir to the one containing your script you can use   import os os chdir os path dirname   file     print os getcwd      The   file   variable is available only if you execute script from file  and it contains path to the file  More on it here  Python   file   attribute absolute or relative

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