from sys import argv from os import path def get_version_string(): dir_path = path.dirname(path.realpath(__file__)) with open(dir_path + "/compile_version_string.txt", "r") as file: contents = file.readline() return contents.strip('"') if __name__ == "__main__": current_version = get_version_string() new_version = current_version + "-" + argv[1] print("\"" + new_version + "\"")