how to pass filename to the variable in Python

Question

I am new to Python and recently I am working on Shell Scripting. In Shell Scripting if I want to pass filename to variable then I am passing like

myScriptName="`/bin/basename $0`"

Is it possible to same in Python??

Try to look at console args in python: http://www.tutorialspoint.com/python/python_command_line_arguments.htm — vanadium23, Apr 06 '16 at 06:00
It is not about argument. I want to pass whole file path in one variable @vanadium23 — shailavi shah, Apr 06 '16 at 06:03
Aww, I see, something like this http://stackoverflow.com/questions/50499/how-do-i-get-the-path-and-name-of-the-file-that-is-currently-executing? — vanadium23, Apr 06 '16 at 06:09

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 06 '16 at 06:35

If you don't care about path of the file: You can use a call to OS method __file__ to accomplish this. This will bring in extension also.

import os

fileName = os.path.basename(__file__)
print fileName

If you want full path with filename assigned to a variable:

import sys

file2= sys.argv[0]
print file2

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