#!/usr/bin/env python import py def get_version_string(): fn = py.path.local(__file__).join("..", "..", "..", "_pytest", "__init__.py") for line in fn.readlines(): if "version" in line: return eval(line.split("=")[-1]) def get_minor_version_string(): return ".".join(get_version_string().split(".")[:2]) if __name__ == "__main__": print (get_minor_version_string())