Find If A File Is Executable And Return Full Path To It

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def find_executable(executable, path=None):
    """Try to find 'executable' in the directories listed in 'path' (a
    string listing directories separated by 'os.pathsep'; defaults to
    os.environ['PATH']).  Returns the complete filename or None if not
    found
    """
    if path is None:
        path = os.environ['PATH']
    paths = path.split(os.pathsep)
    extlist = ['']
    if os.name == 'os2':
        (base, ext) = os.path.splitext(executable)
        # executable files on OS/2 can have an arbitrary extension, but
        # .exe is automatically appended if no dot is present in the name
        if not ext:
            executable = executable + ".exe"
    elif sys.platform == 'win32':
        pathext = os.environ['PATHEXT'].lower().split(os.pathsep)
        (base, ext) = os.path.splitext(executable)
        if ext.lower() not in pathext:
            extlist = pathext
    for ext in extlist:
        execname = executable + ext
        if os.path.isfile(execname):
            return execname
        else:
            for p in paths:
                f = os.path.join(p, execname)
                if os.path.isfile(f):
                    return f
    else:
        return None

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• execute
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• Python