/usr/share/texmf-texlive/metafont/misc/modename.mf is in texlive-base 2009-15.
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | % Usage: mf '\mode=what_ever_mode; \input modename'
let myexit = primitive_end_;
mode_setup;
message "MODENAME = " & mode_name[mode];
fontmaking := 0;
myexit;
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