Get folder from path python

Question

i have this path

c:\JAVA\eclipse\java-neon\eclipse\configuration\

i want to get back the last folder "configuration" or on

c:\JAVA\eclipse\java-neon\eclipse\configuration\S\D\CV\S\D\D\AAAAA

get "AAAAA"

i don't found this function on os.path thanks

If you're careful to ensure there are no trailing slashes, [os.path.basename()](https://docs.python.org/2/library/os.path.html#os.path.basename) does what you're after. — asongtoruin, Jun 02 '17 at 08:44
Possible duplicate of [How to get only the last part of a path in Python?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3925096/how-to-get-only-the-last-part-of-a-path-in-python) — McGrady, Jun 02 '17 at 08:45

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 02 '17 at 08:44

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Suppose you know you have a separator character sep, this should accomplish what you ask:

path.split(sep)[-1]

Where path is the str containing your path.

If you don't know what the separator is you can call

os.path.sep

answered Jun 02 '17 at 08:44

gionni

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i want build in function – JONI6543 Jun 02 '17 at 08:50
@JONI6543: split *is* a built-in function for strings? – Fabian Jun 02 '17 at 08:57
built in like os.path.getfolder() – JONI6543 Jun 02 '17 at 09:08

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 02 '17 at 08:46

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You can use os.path.split to split according to path separator:

os.path.split(path)[-1]

answered Jun 02 '17 at 08:46

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i want build in function – JONI6543 Jun 02 '17 at 08:50
os.path.split(path)[-1] – JONI6543 Jun 02 '17 at 09:21

youDaily · Answer 3 · 2017-06-02T09:22:39.287

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please check the code

import os


def getFolderName(str):
    if(str.endswith("\\")):
        str = str[0:-2]
    return os.path.split(str)[-1]

print(getFolderName(r'c:\JAVA\eclipse\java-neon\eclipse\configuration\S\D\CV\S\D\D\AAAAA'))

edited Jun 02 '17 at 09:22

answered Jun 02 '17 at 08:59

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no good if the path like c:\a\b\ that not return b(because the \ is in the end) – JONI6543 Jun 02 '17 at 09:15
add `if(str.endswith("\\")): str = str[0:-2]` check. – youDaily Jun 02 '17 at 09:23

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Jun 02 '17 at 09:26

if you're wanting to explore your paths try something like this

def explore(path):
    finalpaths = []
    for paths in os.listdir(path):
        nextpath = path + '/' + paths
        if os.path.isdir(nextpath):
            finalpaths.extend(explore(nextpath))
        else:
            finalpaths.append(path)
    return finalpaths

then if you run

set(explore(path)

you'll get a list of all folders that can be in that directory (the lowest folder down you can get)

this works for unix, you might need to change it to \ rather than / for windows

Get folder from path python

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