File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/IPython/config/__init__.py", line 16, in <module> from .application import * File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/IPython/config/application.py", line 31, in <module> from IPython.config.configurable import SingletonConfigurable File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/IPython/config/configurable.py", line 33, in <module> from IPython.utils.text import indent, wrap_paragraphs File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/IPython/utils/text.py", line 28, in <module> from IPython.external.path import path File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/IPython/external/path/__init__.py", line 2, in <module> from path import * File "/home/jhammel/python/path.py", line 25 print root(path) ^

#!/usr/bin/env python

import os
import sys

def which(fileName, path=os.environ['PATH']):
    """python equivalent of which; should really be in the stdlib"""
    dirs = path.split(os.pathsep)
    for dir in dirs:
        if os.path.isfile(os.path.join(dir, fileName)):
            return os.path.join(dir, fileName)
        if os.path.isfile(os.path.join(dir, fileName + ".exe")):
            return os.path.join(dir, fileName + ".exe")

if __name__ == '__main__':
    for i in sys.argv[1:]:
        print which(i)