How to extract the last folder and file name from file path in python

Question

I have some filepaths like this:

G:\folder1\folder2\folder3\folder4\folder5\fold2/197320-6-10-0.wav

How do I extract the last folder and file name like this:

fold2/197320-6-10-0.wav

The `/` is not a legal character in a Windows file name. See [HERE](https://stackoverflow.com/a/31976060/298607) — dawg, Mar 20 '22 at 14:47

gremur · Accepted Answer · 2022-03-20T14:40:10.087

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Possible solution is to use split() function.

text_string = r'''G:\folder1\folder2\folder3\folder4\folder5\fold2/197320-6-10-0.wav'''

data = text_string.split("\\")[-1]

print(data)

Prints

fold2/197320-6-10-0.wav

edited Mar 20 '22 at 14:40

answered Mar 20 '22 at 14:34

gremur

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