Get name of current script in Python

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SubniC picture SubniC · Nov 11, 2010 · Viewed 327.8k times · Source

I'm trying to get the name of the Python script that is currently running.

I have a script called foo.py and I'd like to do something like this in order to get the script name:

print Scriptname

Answer

Sven Marnach picture Sven Marnach · Nov 11, 2010

You can use __file__ to get the name of the current file. When used in the main module, this is the name of the script that was originally invoked.

If you want to omit the directory part (which might be present), you can use os.path.basename(__file__).

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