May not work for you at this point, and there may be something better already available out there.
Feedback is welcome.
Load it with source path/to/pybash.sh.
E.g. to have it available when starting a terminal:
$ echo source ~/code/pybash/pybash.sh >> ~/.bashrc
Usage: pywich [module.or.object]
Prints the location of the file that defines the given arguments, e.g.:
$ pywich __future__
/usr/lib/python2.7/__future__.py
Without arguments, prints the path to the executable, e.g.:
$ pywich
/usr/bin/python
Usage: pycd [module.or.object]
Changes to the directory containing the given argument, e.g.:
pabloz@PEQL:~$ pycd xml.parsers.expat # (or xml.parsers, same)
pabloz@PEQL:/usr/lib/python2.7/xml/parsers$
Without arguments, it goes to the location of the third-party packages library, typically dist-packages:
pabloz@PEQL:~$ pycd
pabloz@PEQL:/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages$
Usage: pycat module.or.object ...
Prints the source code of the requested object, e.g.:
$ pycat os.path.realpath os.path.abspath
def realpath(filename):
"""Return the canonical path of the specified filename, eliminating any
symbolic links encountered in the path."""
path, ok = _joinrealpath('', filename, {})
return abspath(path)
def abspath(path):
"""Return an absolute path."""
if not isabs(path):
if isinstance(path, _unicode):
cwd = os.getcwdu()
else:
cwd = os.getcwd()
path = join(cwd, path)
return normpath(path)
Prints out the location of the third-party packages library, typically dist-packages:
$ pylib
/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages