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Get full path of argument

How can I code a Python script that accepts a file as an argument and prints its full path?

E.g.

~/fileFinder$ ls
./        ../        fileFinder.py        test.md
~/fileFinder$ py fileFinder.py test.md
/Users/me/fileFinder/test.md
~/fileFinder$ py fileFinder.py /Users/me/Documents/index.html
/Users/me/Documents/index.html

So, it should find the absolute path of relative files, test.md, and also absolute path of files given via an absolute path /Users/me/Downloads/example.txt.

How can I make a script like above?

Solution

  • Ok, I found an answer:

    import os
import sys

relative_path = sys.argv[1]

if os.path.exists(relative_path):
    print(os.path.abspath(relative_path))
else:
    print("Cannot find " + relative_path)
    exit(1)