Houdini Python Cookbook

Force the entire scene to cook (all nodes)

for node in hou.node("/").allSubChildren():
    node.cook(force=True)

Print the full path of the current Houdini scene

print(hou.hipFile.path())

Get the version numbers in the filename

hou.hscript('echo -n `opdigits($HIPNAME)`')

hou.applicationPlatformInfo()