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I am sure this has been covered in the documentation, but I havent found
it. Could anyone tell me how to change directories from within the
python shell?

Thanks

Darren Dale wrote:

> I am sure this has been covered in the documentation, but I havent found
> it. Could anyone tell me how to change directories from within the
> python shell?
>
> Thanks

import os
os.chdir("newpath")

http://www.python.org/doc/current/lib/os-file-dir.html

HTH,
Andrew

On Mon, 3 May 2004 09:27:09 -0400, Darren Dale <>
wrote:

>I am sure this has been covered in the documentation, but I havent found
>it. Could anyone tell me how to change directories from within the
>python shell?

Or install IPython, and you can use "cd xyzzy", just like you were in
the usual command line shell. (And a whole lot more!)
Details available at: http://ipython.scipy.org/
--dang