python-abspath

python-abspath provides a command line tool that prints the absolute paths of all given files. File names can be piped via STDIN or given as arguments. Work for both Windows and Linux.

Install

pip install python-abspath

Installed Command Line Tools

• abspath

Usage

C:\Code\python-abspath>abspath --help
Usage: abspath.py [OPTIONS] [PATH]...

Options:
  -q, --with-quotes
  --help             Show this message and exit.

Example

Example 1:

Show the absolute path of requirements.txt. requirements.txt is given as a parameter.

C:\Code\python-abspath>abspath requirements.txt
C:\Code\python-abspath\requirements.txt

Example 2:

Show the absolute path of a.txt and b.txt. a.txt and b.txt are given as parameters.

C:\Code\python-abspath>abspath a.txt b.txt
C:\Code\python-abspath\a.txt
C:\Code\python-abspath\b.txt

Example 3:

Filename or filenames can be piped via STDIN.

C:\Code\python-abspath>echo a.txt | abspath
C:\Code\python-abspath\a.txt

C:\Code\python-abspath>type filenames.txt
a.txt
b.txt
c.txt

C:\Code\python-abspath>type filenames.txt | abspath
C:\Code\python-abspath\a.txt
C:\Code\python-abspath\b.txt
C:\Code\python-abspath\c.txt

Example 4:

In window the filename seperator is "\", so you can NOT just copy the output and paste as a const value to your code. You have to add -q option, so that the output will be quoted and you can use it in you code.

C:\Code\python-abspath>abspath -q requirements.txt
"C:\\Code\\python-abspath\\requirements.txt"

Releases

v0.1.1 2020/10/27

• Add license file in release package.

v0.1.0 2020/04/09

• First release.