Python script that prints its source

Question

Is it possible (not necessarly using python introspection) to print the source code of a script?

I want to execute a short python script that also print its source (s

Answer 1

As long as you're not doing anything crazy with packages, put this at the top of your script

with open(__file__) as f:
    print f.read()

Which will read in the current file and print it out.

For python 3 make sure to use instead print(f.read())