How to get the name of a running Python script?

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How do I get the name of a running Python script?

I tried os.__file__ but that returns the name of the file where os resides.

Duplicate: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/50499/in-python-how-do-i-get-the-path-and-name-of-the-file-that-is-currently-executing — S.Lott, Sep 20 '09 at 11:46
http://stackoverflow.com/q/4152963/2336725 seems to be a better duplicate. — Teepeemm, May 12 '14 at 22:27

score 23 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 20 '09 at 07:04

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>> import os
>> import sys
>> print sys.argv[0]

or if you just want the script and not the full path

>>
>> print os.path.basename(sys.argv[0])

answered Sep 20 '09 at 07:04

Michael Foukarakis

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Yup, that works (=1). @tehryan please accept this as the answer, in order to help others who have the same question – Mawg says reinstate Monica Jul 14 '16 at 08:37

score 23 · Answer 2 · edited Sep 08 '16 at 21:02

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Use

thisFile = __file__

It's magic!

edited Sep 08 '16 at 21:02

the Tin Man

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answered Sep 20 '09 at 10:01

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I get ```NameError: name '__file__' is not defined```. – bos Jan 30 '17 at 18:22
Which Python implementation are you using? CPython or something else? – Charles Ritchie Jan 30 '17 at 23:57
Python 2.7.3. I just ran "python" then `print __file__`. – bos Feb 01 '17 at 04:49
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@bos I don't think you can get it from interactive mode, need to be run as a file. – Fred Wu Jul 27 '17 at 20:12

score 11 · Answer 3 · edited Sep 08 '16 at 21:03

It depends on what you mean by "a running python script".

__file__ will give you the name of the currently executing file. If that's a module, you'll get where it was imported from e.g. blahblah.pyc

sys.argv[0] will give you the name of the script that is being run, even if called from a module that that script imported.

Please do look up the answers to the earlier question on this topic (see S.Lott's comment on your question).

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Sep 20 '09 at 07:04

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sys.argv[0] should give you the name of the script.

answered Sep 20 '09 at 07:04

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score 1 · Answer 5 · answered Jun 27 '17 at 09:34

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import __main__
print __main__.__file__

This will print the current filename which is running

answered Jun 27 '17 at 09:34

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score -1 · Answer 6 · edited Sep 08 '16 at 21:04

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sys.path[0]

returns the path of the script that launched the Python interpreter.

If you read this script directly, it will return the path of the script. If the script was imported from another script, it will return the path of that script.

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answered Sep 20 '09 at 14:27

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I didn't downvote, but just tested. This gave me `K:/code/allRequirementsTests` which is the absolute path of the script, minus the extension – Mawg says reinstate Monica Jul 14 '16 at 08:35

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