python specifiy pathname for reading file 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: how to access a txt file through os library in python

my_file_handle=open("folder/test.txt")
my_file_handle.read()