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 · Accepted 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?

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

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