getting file path from command line argument in python

Question

Can anyone guide me how can I get file path if we pass file from command line argument and extract file also. In case we also need to check if the file exist into particular directory

python.py /home/abhishek/test.txt

get file path and check test.txt exist into abhishek folder.

I know it may be very easy but I am bit new to pytho

Answer 1

import os
import sys

fn = sys.argv[1]
if os.path.exists(fn):
    print os.path.basename(fn)
    # file exists