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Simple "which" implementation in python featuring partial matching
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#!python.exe | |
"""which command substitute with partial matching search""" | |
import glob | |
import os | |
import sys | |
try: | |
partial_fname = sys.argv[1] | |
except IndexError: | |
print "which.py <filename>" | |
sys.exit(1) | |
results = {'partial': [], 'exact': []} | |
path_list = ["."] + [path.rstrip().lstrip() for path in os.environ["PATH"].split(";")] | |
for d in path_list: | |
try: | |
full_name = os.path.join(d,partial_fname) | |
os.stat(full_name) | |
results['exact'].append(full_name) | |
except: | |
# partial matching | |
all_files = glob.glob(os.path.join(d, "*%s*" % partial_fname)) | |
for f in all_files: | |
results['partial'].append(f) | |
for f in results['exact']: | |
print " %s" % f | |
for f in results['partial']: | |
print "P %s" % f |
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