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Dyanmically Naming Files
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using os module functions
>>> import os
>>> os.path.split(r'c:\some_folder\some_file.csv')
('c:\\some_folder', 'some_file.csv')
>>> root, file = os.path.split(r'c:\some_folder\some_file.csv')
>>> os.path.join(root, 'new_file.csv')
'c:\\some_folder\\new_file.csv'
>>> root, ext = os.path.splitext(r'c:\some_folder\some_file.csv')
>>> root
'c:\\some_folder\\some_file'
>>> '_'.join((root, 'clean.csv'))
'c:\\some_folder\\some_file_clean.csv'
or using pathlib module
>>> import pathlib
>>> p = pathlib.Path(r'c:\some_folder\some_file.csv')
>>> p.with_name('new_file.csv')
WindowsPath('c:/some_folder/new_file.csv')
>>> p.parent.joinpath(''.join((p.stem, '_clean.csv')))
WindowsPath('c:/some_folder/some_file_clean.csv')
>>>
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Dyanmically Naming Files - by ovidius - Jan-29-2020, 01:41 PM
RE: Dyanmically Naming Files - by buran - Jan-29-2020, 02:06 PM
RE: Dyanmically Naming Files - by ovidius - Jan-29-2020, 02:28 PM
RE: Dyanmically Naming Files - by buran - Jan-29-2020, 02:44 PM

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