Getting the running process’ own pid in Python

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How to get the running process’ pid in Python?

In Python, you can get the pid of the current process by

import os

os.getpid()

From the official doc:

os.getpid()
    Return the current process id.

One example os using os.getpid() to get process own ID:

$ python3
Python 3.8.10 (default, Jun 22 2022, 20:18:18) 
[GCC 9.4.0] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import os
>>> os.getpid()
25128
>>> 

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