file type python code example

Example 1: how to get what type of file in python

import os

# unpacking the tuple
file_name, file_extension = os.path.splitext("/Users/pankaj/abc.txt")

print(file_name)
#returns abc
print(file_extension)
#returns .txt

Example 2: python3

# In python3, builtin file is no more present. 
# In python3, file objects are part of the io module. You can do it something like this.
>>> from io import IOBase
>>> f = open(<filePath>, 'w')
>>> isinstance(f, IOBase)
True
>>> isinstance(object(), IOBase)
False