get file nmae python code example

Example 1: get wd in python

import os

path = os.getcwd()

print(path)
# /Users/mbp/Documents/my-project/python-snippets/notebook

print(type(path))
# <class 'str'>

Example 2: how to get just the filename in python

import os
>>> base=os.path.basename('/root/dir/sub/file.ext')
>>> base
'file.ext'
>>> os.path.splitext(base)
('file', '.ext')
>>> os.path.splitext(base)[0]
'file'

Example 3: get current directory python

import os
current_working_directory = os.getcwd()
print(current_working_directory) # should print the cwd

""" Bonus: If you want to change cwd, without moving file,
use the following method"""
os.chdir("path/to/directory")

Example 4: file base name and extension python

from pathlib import Path

Path('/root/dir/sub/file.ext').stem