{"id":14099,"date":"2021-07-02T09:50:16","date_gmt":"2021-07-02T04:20:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/?p=14099"},"modified":"2021-07-02T09:50:19","modified_gmt":"2021-07-02T04:20:19","slug":"python-get-filename-without-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/python-get-filename-without-extension\/","title":{"rendered":"6 Best Ways to Get Filename Without Extension in Python"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Files are used for storing information with the ability to read and write on them. The operations which can be performed on files in python are \u2013 read, write, open, close, rename and delete.&nbsp;With the help of files, we can store information inside the computer&#8217;s storage. Each file has a pathname that tells about the location at which the file is stored. The pathname consists of information about the directory where the file is stored, the name of the file, and the extension with which the file is stored. In this article, we shall be looking at <em>six different ways in python to get filename without extension. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_74 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #990303;color:#990303\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #990303;color:#990303\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 eztoc-toggle-hide-by-default' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/python-get-filename-without-extension\/#How_to_get_the_filename\" >How to get the filename?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/python-get-filename-without-extension\/#1_Using_splitext_to_Get_Filename_Without_Extension_in_Python\" >1. Using splitext() to Get Filename Without Extension in Python<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/python-get-filename-without-extension\/#The_syntax_of_splitext_method_is\" >The syntax of splitext() method is:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/python-get-filename-without-extension\/#The_entire_code_is\" >The entire code is:<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/python-get-filename-without-extension\/#2_With_the_split_method_to_Get_Filename_Without_Extension_in_Python\" >2. With the split() method to Get Filename Without Extension in Python<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/python-get-filename-without-extension\/#3_Using_rfind_to_Get_Filename_Without_Extension_in_Python\" >3. Using rfind() to Get Filename Without Extension in Python<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/python-get-filename-without-extension\/#The_syntax_of_the_rfind_function_is\" >The syntax of the rfind() function is:<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/python-get-filename-without-extension\/#4_Using_Basename_function_to_Get_Filename_Without_Extension_in_Python\" >4. Using Basename() function to Get Filename Without Extension in Python<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/python-get-filename-without-extension\/#The_syntax_of_the_function_is\" >The syntax of the function is:<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/python-get-filename-without-extension\/#5_Using_pathlibPathstem_to_Get_Filename_Without_Extension_in_Python\" >5. Using pathlib.Path.stem() to Get Filename Without Extension in Python<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/python-get-filename-without-extension\/#6_By_the_rpartition_function_to_Get_Filename_Without_Extension_in_Python\" >6. By the rpartition() function to Get Filename Without Extension in Python<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-12\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/python-get-filename-without-extension\/#The_syntax_of_the_rpartition_function_is\" >The syntax of the rpartition() function is:<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-how-to-get-the-filename\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_get_the_filename\"><\/span>How to get the filename?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>As mentioned before, a pathname consists of three parts &#8211; the extension of the file, the filename, and the file&#8217;s location. First, we will have to separate the pathname and the extension. Then from the pathname, we shall separate the filename with the directory path. We shall be looking at 6 ways in python to get filename without extension.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Using splitext() <\/strong><\/li><li><strong>With the split() function<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Using rfind() <\/strong><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/python-basename\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Basename(<\/a>) function <\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Using pathlib.Path.stem() <\/strong><\/li><li><strong>By the rpartition() function<\/strong><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background has-medium-font-size\" style=\"background-color:#ebf0f4\"><strong>Also, Read |<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/python-get-filename-from-path\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Apex Ways to Get Filename From Path in Python<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-1-using-splitext-to-get-filename-without-extension-in-python\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"1_Using_splitext_to_Get_Filename_Without_Extension_in_Python\"><\/span>1. Using splitext() to Get Filename Without Extension in Python<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The <em>splitext() <\/em>method can be used to get filename in python without extension. The method is present in the os module of python. Using <em>os.path<\/em> module, we can use it to work with pathnames in python. With <em>splitext(),<\/em> we can split the entire pathname into two parts &#8211; the <em>extension<\/em> and the <em>root. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-syntax-of-splitext-method-is\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_syntax_of_splitext_method_is\"><\/span>The syntax of<em> splitext() <\/em>method is:<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"><em>os.path.splitext(path)<\/em><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>The function takes the pathname as an argument and returns a tuple containing the separated extension and root names.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Let us implement the function in python. First, we shall import the os module.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-syntaxhighlighter-code \"><pre class=\"brush: python; title: ; notranslate\" title=\"\">\nimport os\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n<p>We have a variable named <em>&#8216;directory&#8217; <\/em>which contains the complete path of out file.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-syntaxhighlighter-code \"><pre class=\"brush: python; title: ; notranslate\" title=\"\">\ndirectory = '\/Users\/Programs\/Directory\/program1.csv'\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Now, we will call the <em>splitext(<\/em>) method by<em> os.path.splitext()<\/em>. We shall pass the variable<em> &#8216;directory&#8217; <\/em>inside the <em>splitext()<\/em> method. Since the method generates a tuple containing two parts, we shall save the extension into a variable named <em>&#8216;extension&#8217;<\/em> and the rest of the path into a variable named <em>&#8216;pathname&#8217;. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-syntaxhighlighter-code \"><pre class=\"brush: python; title: ; notranslate\" title=\"\">\npathname, extension = os.path.splitext(directory)\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>If we try to print the output of <em>os.path.splitext()<\/em>, the tuple returned would be:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-syntaxhighlighter-code \"><pre class=\"brush: python; title: ; notranslate\" title=\"\">\n('\/Users\/Programs\/Directory\/program1', '.csv')\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Now, we shall split the variable<em> &#8216;path&#8217; <\/em>with the forward slash as the separator. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-syntaxhighlighter-code \"><pre class=\"brush: python; title: ; notranslate\" title=\"\">\nfilename = pathname.split('\/')\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n<p>After that, we shall print the last item of the list <em>&#8216;filename&#8217;,<\/em> which will be the actual filename.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-syntaxhighlighter-code \"><pre class=\"brush: python; title: ; notranslate\" title=\"\">\nprint(filename&#x5B;-1])\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>The output is:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">program1<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-entire-code-is\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_entire_code_is\"><\/span>The entire code is:<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-syntaxhighlighter-code \"><pre class=\"brush: python; title: ; notranslate\" title=\"\">\nimport os\n \ndirectory = '\/Users\/Programs\/Directory\/program1.csv'\n\npathname, extension = os.path.splitext(directory)\nfilename = pathname.split('\/')\n\nprint(filename&#x5B;-1])\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Here, if you want the complete <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/python-get-filename-from-path\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">pathname<\/span><\/strong><\/a>, you can simply skip splitting the variable<em> &#8216;pathname&#8217; <\/em>and directly have it as the filename. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-2-with-the-split-method-to-get-filename-without-extension-in-python\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"2_With_the_split_method_to_Get_Filename_Without_Extension_in_Python\"><\/span>2. With the split() method to Get Filename Without Extension in Python<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Similar to the <em>splitext() <\/em>method, we can also use the <em>split() <\/em>method to get filename without extension. For using the<em> split() <\/em>function, there is no need to import the os module. We will have to call the <em>split() <\/em>function twice. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>First, we shall split the extension and the rest of the pathname. Then, we shall split the extension of the file. The separator for the first<em> split()<\/em> function will be the<em> &#8216;.&#8217;<\/em> character and the separator for the second <em>split() <\/em>function will be the forward-slash<em> &#8216;\/&#8217;.<\/em> <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here, after the first splitting, we will store the output into variable<em> &#8216;name&#8217;<\/em>. Then we shall split the first item of the list<em> &#8216;name&#8217; <\/em>by using<em> &#8216;name[0].split()&#8217; <\/em>with forward slash as the separator. Then we will print the last item of the list<em> &#8216;filename&#8217;.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-syntaxhighlighter-code \"><pre class=\"brush: python; title: ; notranslate\" title=\"\">\ndirectory = '\/Users\/Programs\/Directory\/program1.csv'\n\nname = directory.split('.')\nfilename = name&#x5B;0].split('\/')\n\nprint(filename&#x5B;-1])\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>The output is:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">program1<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Here, if you want the complete pathname, we will simply print <em>&#8216;name[0]&#8217;.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-3-using-rfind-to-get-filename-without-extension-in-python\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"3_Using_rfind_to_Get_Filename_Without_Extension_in_Python\"><\/span>3. Using rfind() to Get Filename Without Extension in Python<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We can also use the <em>rfind()<\/em> method to split the filename to separate the pathname and the extension. The function<em> rfind()<\/em> will find the last occurrence of the given value. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-syntax-of-the-rfind-function-is\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_syntax_of_the_rfind_function_is\"><\/span>The syntax of the<em> rfind()<\/em> function is:<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"><em>string.rfind(value, start, end)<\/em><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>We can all the<em> rfind()<\/em> method with a string. Here, a value is an item whose last occurrence has to be returned. The start and end represent the starting and ending positions while searching the string. By default, the start value is 0, and the end value is the length of the string.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Here, we will call the <em>rfind()<\/em> function using <em>directory.rfind()<\/em>. Inside the<em> rfind() <\/em>function, we shall pass the dot <em>&#8216;.&#8217; <\/em>as the value. We shall save the index of the dot character into a variable named <em>&#8216;index&#8217;. <\/em>Then, we shall print the string <em>&#8216;directory&#8217; <\/em>from the 0th character to the value of<em> &#8216;index&#8217;.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-syntaxhighlighter-code \"><pre class=\"brush: python; title: ; notranslate\" title=\"\">\ndirectory = '\/Users\/Programs\/Directory\/program1.csv'\nindex = directory.rfind(&quot;.&quot;)\nprint(directory&#x5B;:index])\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>The output is:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">\/Users\/Programs\/Directory\/program1<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>If you only want the filename <em>&#8216;program1&#8217;, <\/em>then we can <em>split() <\/em>using the forward-slash character.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"monsterinsights-inline-popular-posts monsterinsights-inline-popular-posts-golf monsterinsights-popular-posts-styled\" ><div class=\"monsterinsights-inline-popular-posts-text\"><span class=\"monsterinsights-inline-popular-posts-label\" >Popular now<\/span><span class=\"monsterinsights-inline-popular-posts-border\" ><\/span><span class=\"monsterinsights-inline-popular-posts-border-2\" ><\/span><div class=\"monsterinsights-inline-popular-posts-post\"><a class=\"monsterinsights-inline-popular-posts-title\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/fixed-typeerror-cant-compare-datetime-datetime-to-datetime-date\/\">[Fixed] typeerror can&#8217;t compare datetime.datetime to datetime.date<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><p><\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-4-using-basename-function-to-get-filename-without-extension-in-python\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"4_Using_Basename_function_to_Get_Filename_Without_Extension_in_Python\"><\/span>4. Using Basename() function to Get Filename Without Extension in Python<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We can also use the<em> basename()<\/em> function from the os module to separate the filename. With the <em>basename()<\/em> function, we can get the base name of a file from the entire directory name. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-syntax-of-the-function-is\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_syntax_of_the_function_is\"><\/span>The syntax of the function is:<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"><em>os.path.basename(path)<\/em><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>We have to pass the entire <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/default-python-path\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><b><u>pathname<\/u><\/b> <\/a>into the basename() function as an argument. First, we will import the os module.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The output of<em> &#8216;os.path.basename(directory)&#8217; <\/em>will be<em> &#8216;program1.csv&#8217;.<\/em> So, we will call the split function and pass the dot character as the separator. That will return a list containing <em>[ &#8216;program1&#8217; , &#8216;csv&#8217; ].<\/em> So we will print the first item of that list.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-syntaxhighlighter-code \"><pre class=\"brush: python; title: ; notranslate\" title=\"\">\nimport os\ndirectory = '\/Users\/Programs\/Directory\/program1.csv'\nprint(os.path.basename(directory).split('.')&#x5B;0])\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>The output will be:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">program1\n<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-5-using-pathlib-path-stem-to-get-filename-without-extension-in-python\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"5_Using_pathlibPathstem_to_Get_Filename_Without_Extension_in_Python\"><\/span>5. Using pathlib.Path.stem() to Get Filename Without Extension in Python<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The pathlib module in python is used to deal with the file paths. When we don&#8217;t want to get the complete path, we can use <em>pathlib.Path.stem().<\/em> Using the stem property, we will get the file name without its extension. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For that, first, we will have to import the pathlib module. Then we shall pass the <em>&#8216;directory&#8217; <\/em>inside the <em>pathlib.Path()<\/em> function. Then, we shall use the stem property.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-syntaxhighlighter-code \"><pre class=\"brush: python; title: ; notranslate\" title=\"\">\nimport pathlib\n\ndirectory = '\/Users\/Programs\/Directory\/program1.csv'\nfilename = pathlib.Path(directory).stem\n\nprint(filename)\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>The output filename is:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">program1<\/pre>\n\n\n<div class=\"monsterinsights-inline-popular-posts monsterinsights-inline-popular-posts-kilo monsterinsights-popular-posts-styled\" ><div class=\"monsterinsights-inline-popular-posts-text\"><span class=\"monsterinsights-inline-popular-posts-label\" >Popular now<\/span><span class=\"monsterinsights-inline-popular-posts-border\" ><\/span><span class=\"monsterinsights-inline-popular-posts-border-2\" ><\/span><div class=\"monsterinsights-inline-popular-posts-post\"><a class=\"monsterinsights-inline-popular-posts-title\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/fixed-nameerror-name-unicode-is-not-defined\/\">[Fixed] nameerror: name Unicode is not defined<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><p><\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-6-by-the-rpartition-function-to-get-filename-without-extension-in-python\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"6_By_the_rpartition_function_to_Get_Filename_Without_Extension_in_Python\"><\/span>6. By the rpartition() function to Get Filename Without Extension in Python<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The <em>rpartition() <\/em>function splits a given string into three parts. One part will be the separator and the other two parts will be the strings to the left and the right side of the separator. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-syntax-of-the-rpartition-function-is\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_syntax_of_the_rpartition_function_is\"><\/span>The syntax of the rpartition() function is:<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"><em>string.rpartition(separator)<\/em><\/pre>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-syntaxhighlighter-code \"><pre class=\"brush: python; title: ; notranslate\" title=\"\">\ndirectory = '\/Users\/Programs\/Directory\/program1.csv'\nprint(directory.rpartition('.')&#x5B;0])\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Output:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">\/Users\/Programs\/Directory\/program1\n<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>That is all for 6 ways in Python to Get Filename Without Extension. If you have any questions, let us know in the comments below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Until next time, Keep Learning!\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"monsterinsights-widget-popular-posts monsterinsights-widget-popular-posts-charlie monsterinsights-popular-posts-styled monsterinsights-widget-popular-posts-columns-1\"><ul class=\"monsterinsights-widget-popular-posts-list\"><li ><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/fixed-typeerror-cant-compare-datetime-datetime-to-datetime-date\/\"><div class=\"monsterinsights-widget-popular-posts-text\"><span class=\"monsterinsights-widget-popular-posts-title\" style=\"font-size:18px;\">[Fixed] typeerror can&#8217;t compare datetime.datetime to datetime.date<\/span><div class=\"monsterinsights-widget-popular-posts-meta\" ><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/li><li ><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/fixed-nameerror-name-unicode-is-not-defined\/\"><div class=\"monsterinsights-widget-popular-posts-text\"><span class=\"monsterinsights-widget-popular-posts-title\" style=\"font-size:18px;\">[Fixed] nameerror: name Unicode is not defined<\/span><div class=\"monsterinsights-widget-popular-posts-meta\" ><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/li><li ><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/solved-runtimeerror-cuda-error-invalid-device-ordinal\/\"><div class=\"monsterinsights-widget-popular-posts-text\"><span class=\"monsterinsights-widget-popular-posts-title\" style=\"font-size:18px;\">[Solved] runtimeerror: cuda error: invalid device ordinal<\/span><div class=\"monsterinsights-widget-popular-posts-meta\" ><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/li><li ><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/fixed-typeerror-type-numpy-ndarray-doesnt-define-__round__-method\/\"><div class=\"monsterinsights-widget-popular-posts-text\"><span class=\"monsterinsights-widget-popular-posts-title\" style=\"font-size:18px;\">[Fixed] typeerror: type numpy.ndarray doesn&#8217;t define __round__ method<\/span><div class=\"monsterinsights-widget-popular-posts-meta\" ><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Files are used for storing information with the ability to read and write on them. The operations which can be performed on files in python &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"6 Best Ways to Get Filename Without Extension in Python\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/python-get-filename-without-extension\/#more-14099\" aria-label=\"More on 6 Best Ways to Get Filename Without Extension in Python\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":14177,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[4299,4296,3160,4297],"class_list":["post-14099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tutorials","tag-get-filename-from-path-python-without-extension","tag-get-filename-without-extension-python","tag-python-get-filename-from-path-without-extension","tag-python-os-get-filename-without-extension","infinite-scroll-item"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v20.1 (Yoast SEO v25.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>6 Best Ways to Get Filename Without Extension in Python - Python Pool<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In python to get filename without extension we can use several in-built methods such as splitext(), split(), rfind(), basename(), etc.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/python-get-filename-without-extension\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"6 Best Ways to Get Filename Without Extension in Python\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Files are used for storing information with the ability to read and write on them. The operations which can be performed on files in python are \u2013 read,\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/python-get-filename-without-extension\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Python Pool\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-07-02T04:20:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-07-02T04:20:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/python-get-filename-without-extension.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"628\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Dhruvi Vikma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@pythonpool\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@pythonpool\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Dhruvi Vikma\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/python-get-filename-without-extension\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/python-get-filename-without-extension\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Dhruvi Vikma\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/#\/schema\/person\/bed8fc40c7b71baf7d76b1cfefd79f23\"},\"headline\":\"6 Best Ways to Get Filename Without Extension in Python\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-07-02T04:20:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-07-02T04:20:19+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/python-get-filename-without-extension\/\"},\"wordCount\":1073,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/python-get-filename-without-extension\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/python-get-filename-without-extension.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"get filename from path python without extension\",\"get filename without extension python\",\"python get filename from path without extension\",\"python os get filename without extension\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Tutorials\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/python-get-filename-without-extension\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/python-get-filename-without-extension\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/python-get-filename-without-extension\/\",\"name\":\"6 Best Ways to Get Filename Without Extension in Python - Python Pool\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/python-get-filename-without-extension\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/python-get-filename-without-extension\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/python-get-filename-without-extension.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-07-02T04:20:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-07-02T04:20:19+00:00\",\"description\":\"In python to get filename without extension we can use several in-built methods such as splitext(), split(), rfind(), basename(), etc.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/python-get-filename-without-extension\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/python-get-filename-without-extension\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/python-get-filename-without-extension\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/python-get-filename-without-extension.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/python-get-filename-without-extension.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":628,\"caption\":\"python get filename without extension\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/python-get-filename-without-extension\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"6 Best Ways to Get Filename Without Extension in Python\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/\",\"name\":\"Python Pool\",\"description\":\"Your One-Stop Python Learning Destination\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Python Pool\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/aa.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/aa.png\",\"width\":452,\"height\":185,\"caption\":\"Python Pool\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/x.com\/pythonpool\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/pythonpool\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/#\/schema\/person\/bed8fc40c7b71baf7d76b1cfefd79f23\",\"name\":\"Dhruvi Vikma\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/520d8a37e8b6ce4e6df57e997dc0d571225f48098bbb02838c3884bb603e886f?s=96&d=wavatar&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/520d8a37e8b6ce4e6df57e997dc0d571225f48098bbb02838c3884bb603e886f?s=96&d=wavatar&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Dhruvi Vikma\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"6 Best Ways to Get Filename Without Extension in Python - Python Pool","description":"In python to get filename without extension we can use several in-built methods such as splitext(), split(), rfind(), basename(), etc.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/python-get-filename-without-extension\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"6 Best Ways to Get Filename Without Extension in Python","og_description":"Files are used for storing information with the ability to read and write on them. The operations which can be performed on files in python are \u2013 read,","og_url":"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/python-get-filename-without-extension\/","og_site_name":"Python Pool","article_published_time":"2021-07-02T04:20:16+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-07-02T04:20:19+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":628,"url":"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/python-get-filename-without-extension.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Dhruvi Vikma","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@pythonpool","twitter_site":"@pythonpool","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Dhruvi Vikma","Est. reading time":"5 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/python-get-filename-without-extension\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/python-get-filename-without-extension\/"},"author":{"name":"Dhruvi Vikma","@id":"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/#\/schema\/person\/bed8fc40c7b71baf7d76b1cfefd79f23"},"headline":"6 Best Ways to Get Filename Without Extension in Python","datePublished":"2021-07-02T04:20:16+00:00","dateModified":"2021-07-02T04:20:19+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/python-get-filename-without-extension\/"},"wordCount":1073,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/python-get-filename-without-extension\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/python-get-filename-without-extension.jpg","keywords":["get filename from path python without extension","get filename without extension python","python get filename from path without extension","python os get filename without extension"],"articleSection":["Tutorials"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/python-get-filename-without-extension\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/python-get-filename-without-extension\/","url":"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/python-get-filename-without-extension\/","name":"6 Best Ways to Get Filename Without Extension in Python - Python Pool","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/python-get-filename-without-extension\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/python-get-filename-without-extension\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/python-get-filename-without-extension.jpg","datePublished":"2021-07-02T04:20:16+00:00","dateModified":"2021-07-02T04:20:19+00:00","description":"In python to get filename without extension we can use several in-built methods such as splitext(), split(), rfind(), basename(), etc.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/python-get-filename-without-extension\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/python-get-filename-without-extension\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/python-get-filename-without-extension\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/python-get-filename-without-extension.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/python-get-filename-without-extension.jpg","width":1200,"height":628,"caption":"python get filename without extension"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/python-get-filename-without-extension\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"6 Best Ways to Get Filename Without Extension in Python"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/","name":"Python Pool","description":"Your One-Stop Python Learning Destination","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/#organization","name":"Python Pool","url":"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"http:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/aa.png","contentUrl":"http:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/aa.png","width":452,"height":185,"caption":"Python Pool"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/pythonpool","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/pythonpool"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/#\/schema\/person\/bed8fc40c7b71baf7d76b1cfefd79f23","name":"Dhruvi Vikma","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/520d8a37e8b6ce4e6df57e997dc0d571225f48098bbb02838c3884bb603e886f?s=96&d=wavatar&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/520d8a37e8b6ce4e6df57e997dc0d571225f48098bbb02838c3884bb603e886f?s=96&d=wavatar&r=g","caption":"Dhruvi Vikma"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14099","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14099"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14099\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24442,"href":"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14099\/revisions\/24442"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}