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Do you find yourself doing this all the time?


$ export PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:/path/to/some/package


If so, then save yourself some keystrokes! Just put the following into your .bash_profile:


function pypath {
if [ "$1" = "" ]; then
export PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:`pwd -P`
else
export PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:`pushd -n $1; pwd -P; popd -n`
fi
echo $PYTHONPATH
}


Now just type “pypath” inside any directory, and it gets appended to your PYTHONPATH. If you type “pypath /some/other/dir”, then that directory will get appended to your PYTHONPATH. Easy!