Top "Sys" questions

Why should we NOT use sys.setdefaultencoding("utf-8") in a py script?

I have seen few py scripts which use this at the top of the script. In what cases one should …

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Usage of sys.stdout.flush() method

What does sys.stdout.flush() do?

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Where is Python's sys.path initialized from?

Where is Python's sys.path initialized from? UPD: Python is adding some paths before refering to PYTHONPATH: >>> …

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python: sys is not defined

I have a piece of code which is working in Linux, and I am now trying to run it in …

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Get parent of current directory from Python script

I want to get the parent of current directory from Python script. For example I launch the script from /home/…

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Python memory usage of numpy arrays

I'm using python to analyse some large files and I'm running into memory issues, so I've been using sys.getsizeof() …

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What does sys.stdin read?

I get how to open files, and then use Python's pre built in functions with them. But how does sys.…

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Capture stdout from a script?

suppose there is a script doing something like this: # module writer.py import sys def write(): sys.stdout.write("foobar") …

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How to import files in python using sys.path.append?

There are two directories on my desktop, DIR1 and DIR2 which contain the following files: DIR1: file1.py DIR2: file2.…

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Set LD_LIBRARY_PATH before importing in python

Python uses the PYTHONPATH environment-variable to determine in which folders it should look for modules. You can play around with …

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