How to change directories in Python?

Question

I need to change the directory in the cmd with the command cd. For example cd users/desktop. But when I run the script, nothing happens.

I have already tried with the following commands:

os.chdir("cd Documents/archive")
os.system("cd Documents/archive")

but neither of them works, just nothing happens.

How do you navigate in the directories with Python?

Possible duplicate of [How do I "cd" in Python?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/431684/how-do-i-cd-in-python) — l'L'l, Mar 29 '18 at 04:42

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 29 '18 at 05:25

You can check the current directory using

os.getcwd()#gives you the directory in which you are in

os.chdir() takes the path not a command as argument.You can either use absolute or relative path
Assuming Documents is in your current directory you can do.

os.chdir("./Documents/archive")
os.getcwd()#Gives you /home/user/Documents/archive

How to change directories in Python?

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