open file name python code example

Example 1: get name of a file in python

>>> f = open('/tmp/generic.png','r')
>>> f.name
'/tmp/generic.png'
>>> import os
>>> os.path.basename(f.name)
'generic.png'

Example 2: with open python print file name

>>> f = open('/tmp/generic.png','r')
>>> f.name
'/tmp/generic.png'
>>> import os
>>> os.path.basename(f.name)
'generic.png'