Python: How to find current working directory in shell?

Question

os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)) will find your current working directory, but if I'm running the python shell, __file__ is undefined, so that method throws an exception.

How can you find your current working directory while inside a Python shell?

Running: Windows 7, Python 3.3, VirtualEnv

possible duplicate of Find current directory and file's directory — TheSoundDefense
– TheSoundDefense, Commented Aug 8, 2014 at 23:58
That won't find your current working directory in a script either. It'll find the directory the script is in. So, for example, if I'm in C:\Users\me, and I run C:\Python33\python D:\MyStuff\MyScript.py, the current working directory is C:\Users\me, but you're going to get D:\MyStuff. — abarnert
– abarnert, Commented Aug 9, 2014 at 0:08

univerio · Accepted Answer · 2014-08-08 23:58:36Z

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Use the os.getcwd() function:

>>> import os
>>> os.getcwd()
'/home/univerio'

answered Aug 8, 2014 at 23:58

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