How to check what is the current working directory with os in Python

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It might come in handy to be able to check what is the directory we are running the script from.

Especially when you try to find that one file that contains your data or even the library you are desperately trying to run.

Here is the code

import os

print(os.getcwd())
Here is how to get the path of the current directory

Here you are! You now know how to check what is the current working directory with os in Python.

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