Get name of current script in Python

Question

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 ord

Answer 1

Note: If you are using Python 3+, then you should use the print() function instead

Assuming that the filename is foo.py, the below snippet

import sys
print sys.argv[0][:-3]

or

import sys
print sys.argv[0][::-1][3:][::-1]

As for other extentions with more characters, for example the filename foo.pypy

import sys
print sys.argv[0].split('.')[0]

If you want to extract from an absolute path

import sys
print sys.argv[0].split('/')[-1].split('.')[0]

will output foo