where-toy 0.0.8

Utility to locate python modules from the command line

Utility to locate python modules from the command line

Python utility to locate any module in the python path. The module is a thin layer around importlib to display the location and containing folders of a module or package. The script exits with an error code if the module is not found.

Warning This project installs a module called where which name is also used by other projects like where. Make sure to install the one you are looking for!

Usage

Used from the command line by invoking python -mwhere module

python -mwhere [-h] [-t] module

positional arguments:
  module         module or package name

optional arguments:
  -h, --help     show this help message and exit
  -t, --tree     print package contents as a tree

Please note the -t option to print the package contents as a tree.

Examples

$> python -mwhere sysconfig 
/Users/bob/envs/py38/lib/sysconfig.py

$> python -mwhere pandas      
/Users/bob/envs/py38/lib/site-packages/pandas/__init__.py

$> python -mwhere where -t 
/Users/bob/Projects/Python/where-toy/src/where
├── __init__.py
├── __main__.py
└── utils.py

Installation

You can install the latest version of this module with pip

pip3 install git+https://github.com/furechan/where-toy.git