What is the correct way to take user input of a path in a python script?

I am working on a script where I ask the user to enter paths of certain files or directories.

I could use path=raw_input("Enter path: ") , but is this the right way (or the only way)?

I have been trying to find an alternative to this for a while now, and haven't been able to figure out a solution. In an ideal situation, I wish to use TAB to auto-fill the path entered by the user, like you do in console.

Any leads will be appreciated. Cheers. :)

I had to do something similar quite a while ago. You could use Python's glob module for gathering all the pathnames that match user's input pattern; and readline module to facilitate the autocompletion.

Here's a handy gist with an example implementation:

https://gist.github.com/iamatypeofwalrus/5637895

Hope this helps! :)

This is brilliant. I just realized I had come across this long back but at that time I was too new to Python. I'll use this in my script today itself.

Thanks a lot. :)

As it turns out, I have been using Colorama in my script which is based on Python 2.7.13. Kill me now.

github.com/tartley/colorama/issues/52

Update: I figured out a way. I opened up colorama source code and realized that they also have a deinit() function which now makes sure the two modules don't collide. YAY :D

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