python get file by name code example

Example 1: 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 2: python find specific file in directory

text_files = glob.glob(path + "/**/*.txt")

Example 3: 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 4: python find file name

filesName = list(map(os.path.basename, glob.glob("..\yourPath\*txt")))
print(filesName)

Example 5: how to make all my files to work together in python

>>> import os
>>> entries = os.listdir('my_directory/')