Check if some program is available - Cacher Snippet

9/20/2015 - 9:08 AM

Check if some program is available

Check if some program is available

has_executable.py

def has_executable(prog):
    '''
    >>> has_executable('ls')
    True
    >>> has_executable('lllsss')
    False
    '''
    from distutils.spawn import find_executable
    return True if find_executable(prog) else False