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os.path.basename

os.path — path parsing

Return the final component of a path (the file/dir name).

Syntax

os.path.basename(path)

For a path ending in a separator it returns an empty string: basename('a/b/') gives '', not 'b' — unlike the Unix basename utility. If a path may arrive with a trailing slash, strip it with rstrip('/') or normalise it with normpath. The function never touches the filesystem; it is pure string handling.

Examples

import os
print(os.path.basename('/a/b/c.txt'))   # → c.txt
path = '/home/user/file.txt'
print(os.path.basename(path))  # → file.txt
print(repr(os.path.basename('/home/user/')))  # → '' — после последнего / пусто

See also

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