How do I change directory (cd) in Python?

Question

‘cd’ as in the shell command to change the working directory.

 How do I change the current working directory in Python?

Answer 1

In Python the working directory can be changed by following way:-

import os 

os.chdir(path)

When the current working directory in a subprocess changed it does not change the current working directory in the parent process. 

Another way it can be done by using contextmanager:-

contextmanager:-

Context managers in Python facilitate the proper handling of resources like file operations or database connections.

import os 

from contextlib import contextmanager 

@contextmanager 

def working_directory(directory):

    owd = os.getcwd()

    try: 

       os.chdir(directory)

       yield directory

    finally:

       os.chdir(owd)

To know more about this you can have a look at the following video tutorial:-

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