Get substring from end to certain character in python

Question

I want to get the substring from a path from the end to a certain character, take for example the following path:

my_path = "/home/Desktop/file.txt"

My intention is to do something like:

my_path.substring(end,"/")

So I can get the name of the file that is located between the end of the string and the character "/", in this case "file.txt"

Have you had a look at the `os.path` module, specifically the [`os.path.basename`](https://docs.python.org/3/library/os.path.html#os.path.basename) function? — Kendas, Nov 16 '18 at 12:30
Use `pathlib`. `from pathlib import Path; Path("/home/Desktop/file.txt").name == "file.txt"`. — erip, Nov 16 '18 at 12:33

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 16 '18 at 12:29

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The easiest approach, IMHO, would be to split the string:

filename = my_path.split('/')[-1]

answered Nov 16 '18 at 12:29

Mureinik

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 16 '18 at 12:30

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use the os.path.basename for this

In [1]: import os

In [2]: os.path.basename('/home/Desktop/file.txt')
Out[2]: 'file.txt'

answered Nov 16 '18 at 12:30

Albin Paul

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