python get filename without path code example

Example 1: get path to file without filename python

import os
filepath = '/a/path/to/my/file.txt'
os.path.dirname(filepath)
# Yields '/a/path/to/my'

Example 2: python get filename from path

import os
print(os.path.basename(your_path))

Example 3: python extract thefile name from relative path

import os
infile = "./../../../../_data/matrix_data/5mer_normalized.tsv"
print(os.path.basename(infile))
>>> "5mer_normalized.tsv"