Python - How to specify a relative path by jumping a subdirectory?

Question

I'm in one location i.e. 'c:/program files/java' and I want to jump two levels down without having to specify the subfolders i.e. I want to move to 'c:/program files/java/7.0/jre/bin' without specifying '/7.0/'.

A snippet I'm using is:

import os
os.chdir('c://program files//java')

os.getcwd()

'c:/program files/java'

Now I want to use os.chdir() to move to '/7.0/jre' so os.getcwd() is 'c://program files//java/7.0/jre'

without having to specify '7.0' i.e. os.chdir('.\**7.0**\jre')

Does anyone have any suggestions?

falsetru · Accepted Answer · 2013-08-09 18:07:39Z

3

You can use glob.glob:

import glob
import os

os.chdir('c:/program files/java')
os.chdir(glob.glob('*/jre')[0])

Above code will change working directory to c:/program files/java/*/jre. In case there are multiple java directory, and you want to go to specific directory (for example, to the newest version directory), you should manipulate the return value of glob.glob().

answered Aug 9, 2013 at 18:07

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