access file's actual code as string Python

Question

this is mainly curiosity, I'd like to access my script's actual code, so for a file:

#!/usr/bin/env python
# coding: utf-8

import os, sys, subprocess, time, re
import yagmail

it would return

code = """\
#!/usr/bin/env python
# coding: utf-8

import os, sys, subprocess, time, re
import yagmail"""

I see nice things like file, name, etc, but no code:

__IPYTHON__        __IPYTHON__active  __debug__          __doc__            __file__           __import__         __name__           __package__        
ipdb>

Thank you

@codyc4321 There is no need for such violence. You can read in a text file in just a couple of lines in Python. Fewer if you ignore PEP8. — Mad Physicist, Feb 10 '16 at 19:14
it just showed the filename. so the fastest way to do this is get filename then read — codyc4321, Feb 10 '16 at 19:17
`ipdb> __file__ './automated_emails.py'` nothin wrong with that, just thought it may be builtin — codyc4321, Feb 10 '16 at 19:17
Technically there is a way to edit the source file, using a combination of ast, inspect, imp, and sys in a non-destructive way: https://github.com/ajalt/fuckitpy/blob/master/fuckit.py Of course, just reading it is better from `__file__` — Alex Huszagh, Feb 10 '16 at 19:19

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 10 '16 at 19:18

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The inspect library has some methods for this (specifically inspect.getsource()).

https://docs.python.org/3.4/library/inspect.html#retrieving-source-code

answered Feb 10 '16 at 19:18

apex-meme-lord

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