Python 3.4+pathlibterm

pathlib.PurePath.stem

path components

The final component's name without its last suffix: 'report.tar' for 'report.tar.gz'.

Syntax

PurePath(...).stem

Only the last suffix is removed, so for archives like .tar.gz the stem still contains a dot. To strip all suffixes, take name and cut off ''.join(suffixes). with_suffix() changes the extension, and since 3.9 with_stem() changes the stem.

Examples

# Python 3.9+
from pathlib import PurePosixPath as P
p = P('/data/report.tar.gz')
print(p.stem)  # → report.tar
print(p.name.removesuffix(''.join(p.suffixes)))  # → report
print(p.with_stem('final'))  # → /data/final.gz

See also

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