Get system file type names python

Question

Is there any way to retrieve a file type name in Python using the OS module?

An example made up command:

>>> os.file_type('txt')

Would return:

'Text Document'

Any help would be appreciated :)

Oscar.

Found a thread on this topic: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16872139/how-can-i-get-a-file-extension-from-a-filetype. Old, but hopefully helpful — Toto Lele, Jun 02 '18 at 15:15

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 02 '18 at 18:40

For getting file type you need to check the extension of the file

I think this can help.

import os

if os.path.splitext(file)[1] == ".txt":
    pritn 'Text Document'

For os related task you can look over this doc.

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