how to find out exact path of file using python?

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how to find exact path of file in python.? This is very basic. But i am new to python

if my filename is file.txt

 path = "D:\\Utilities\\folder\\python\\model\\file.txt

how to get the exact path by giving only the filename?

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Farhadix
– Farhadix

2014-07-24 20:58:35 +00:00
Commented Jul 24, 2014 at 20:58 — Farhadix
– Farhadix, Commented Jul 24, 2014 at 20:58

jmduke · Accepted Answer · 2014-07-24 20:57:19Z

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Look into the os.path module, specifically abspath(path), which:

return[s] a normalized absolutized version of the pathname path.

answered Jul 24, 2014 at 20:57

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gokul Over a year ago

if i use os.path.abspath("file.txt") I got only D:\\file.txt. not full path

jmduke Over a year ago

At that point you're passing a string to abspath and it's building the path based on your current working directory (presumably D:\`). You need to either run the code in the same directory as file.txt` or be more specific in your relative path.

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