get filetype of file python 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 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