python get file type code example

Example 1: split filename and extension python

>>> import os
>>> filename, file_extension = os.path.splitext('/path/to/somefile.ext')
>>> filename
'/path/to/somefile'
>>> file_extension
'.ext'

Example 2: 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 3: python get file extension from path

import os.path
extension = os.path.splitext(filename)[1]

Example 4: how to get what type of file a file is 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 5: os extension

>>> os.path.splitext('/a/b.c/d')
('/a/b.c/d', '')