16.5. Pathlib Name

Path.name - Get the name of the file or directory
Path.stem - Get the name of the file without the suffix
Path.suffix - Get the file extension
Path.suffixes - Get all file extensions (for files with multiple extensions)
Path.parent - Get the parent directory of the path
Path.parts - Get all parts of the path as a tuple
Path.with_name(new_name) - Change the name of the file or directory
Path.with_suffix(new_suffix) - Change the file extension

16.5.1. SetUp

>>> from pathlib import Path
>>>
>>> myfile = Path('/home/myuser/myfile.txt')

16.5.2. Name

>>> myfile.name
'myfile.txt'

16.5.3. Stem

>>> myfile.stem
'myfile'

16.5.4. Suffix

>>> myfile.suffix
'.txt'

16.5.5. Suffixes

>>> myfile.suffixes
['.txt']

16.5.6. Parent

>>> myfile.parent
PosixPath('/home/myuser')

16.5.7. Parts

>>> myfile.parts
('/', 'home', 'myuser', 'myfile.txt')

16.5.8. With Name

>>> newfile = myfile.with_name('newfile.md')
>>> newfile
PosixPath('/home/myuser/newfile.md')

16.5.9. With Suffix

>>> newfile = myfile.with_suffix('.md')
>>> newfile
PosixPath('/home/myuser/myfile.md')