pathlib – Get file extension

We can get a file’s extension by using the pathlib module in Python 3.

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from pathlib import Path


filename = "/home/user/Desktop/MyImage.jpg"

file_path_object = Path(filename)

extension = file_path_object.suffix
filename_no_extension = file_path_object.stem

print(f"{extension=}, {file_no_extension=}")
>> extension='.jpg', file_no_extension='MyImage'