How to select a folder in users directory

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I am new to using terminal in Mac. When I type any python3 command it only checks the users folder on my PC, HOW can I change the directory to open a folder in the users section and check for the .py file there?

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score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 18 '21 at 01:48

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Access the desired path using cd command

cd path/to/access

Then you can run the python command to run the scripts.

answered Jan 18 '21 at 01:48

frab

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 18 '21 at 01:50

If you know the name of the folder in which you want to check, you can change the current python directory using: os.chdir

https://docs.python.org/3/library/os.html#os.chdir

In that case it doesn't matter from where you're running your python script.

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 18 '21 at 01:50

You can use the OS library which comes shipped with Python. to change the current directory inside the script, you can simply write:

import os

os.chdir("newDir/")

if you should want to get all directories which are in the user's current location, you can use the method:

os.listdir()

Hope that helps you out.

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Jan 18 '21 at 01:51

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You have to use the command cd to your folder first.

answered Jan 18 '21 at 01:51

KKCH

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How to select a folder in users directory

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