How can I find path to given file?

Question

I have a file, for example \"something.exe\" and I want to find path to this file
How can I do this in python?

Answer 1

use os.path.abspath to get a normalized absolutized version of the pathname
use os.walk to get it's location

import os
exe = 'something.exe'
#if the exe just in current dir
print os.path.abspath(exe)
# output
# D:\python\note\something.exe

#if we need find it first
for root, dirs, files in os.walk(r'D:\python'):
    for name in files:
        if name == exe:
            print os.path.abspath(os.path.join(root, name))

# output
# D:\python\note\something.exe