Fix non absolute path processing for cat and dump in interactive mode

python/ccdb/cmd/commands/cat.py

@@ -110,7 +110,8 @@ def get_assignment_by_request(self, request):
 
         # In non-interactive mode, cat should handle path without leading / as absolute anyway
         # Check mode and if relative path is given
-        if not self.context.is_interactive and request.path_is_parsed and not request.path.startswith("/"):
+        path_check_needed = not self.context.is_interactive or self.context.current_path in ["/", ""]
+        if path_check_needed and request.path_is_parsed and not request.path.startswith("/"):
             # PatCH the PaTH
             request.path = "/" + request.path
 
@@ -405,7 +406,7 @@ def print_assignment_vertical(self, assignment, print_header=True, display_borde
     def print_help(self):
         """Prints help of the command"""
 
-        print ("""Show data values for assignment.
+        print("""Show data values for assignment.
 
 Usage:
     cat <request or table path>

python/tests/integ_test_cli_manager.py

@@ -84,6 +84,11 @@ def test_cat_not_abs_path(self):
         self.cli.process_command_line("cat test/test_vars/test_table")
         self.assertIn("2.3", self.output.getvalue())
 
+        # in interactive mode it should also work if the path is absolute
+        self.cli.context.is_interactive = True
+        self.cli.process_command_line("cat test/test_vars/test_table")
+        self.assertIn("2.3", self.output.getvalue())
+
     def test_variation_backup(self):
         """Test Backup of """