Changing file extension in Python
PythonRenameFile ExtensionPython Problem Overview
Suppose from index.py with CGI, I have post file foo.fasta to display file. I want to change foo.fasta's file extension to be foo.aln in display file. How can I do it?
Python Solutions
Solution 1 - Python
An elegant way using pathlib.Path:
from pathlib import Path
p = Path('mysequence.fasta')
p.rename(p.with_suffix('.aln'))
Solution 2 - Python
http://docs.python.org/library/os.path.html#os.path.splitext">`os.path.splitext()`</a>;, http://docs.python.org/library/os.html#os.rename">`os.rename()`</a>
for example:
# renamee is the file getting renamed, pre is the part of file name before extension and ext is current extension
pre, ext = os.path.splitext(renamee)
os.rename(renamee, pre + new_extension)
Solution 3 - Python
import os
thisFile = "mysequence.fasta"
base = os.path.splitext(thisFile)[0]
os.rename(thisFile, base + ".aln")
Where thisFile = the absolute path of the file you are changing
Solution 4 - Python
Starting from Python 3.4 there's pathlib built-in library. So the code could be something like:
from pathlib import Path
filename = "mysequence.fasta"
new_filename = Path(filename).stem + ".aln"
https://docs.python.org/3.4/library/pathlib.html#pathlib.PurePath.stem
I love pathlib :)
Solution 5 - Python
Use this:
os.path.splitext("name.fasta")[0]+".aln"
And here is how the above works:
The splitext method separates the name from the extension creating a tuple:
os.path.splitext("name.fasta")
the created tuple now contains the strings "name" and "fasta". Then you need to access only the string "name" which is the first element of the tuple:
os.path.splitext("name.fasta")[0]
And then you want to add a new extension to that name:
os.path.splitext("name.fasta")[0]+".aln"
Solution 6 - Python
As AnaPana mentioned pathlib is more new and easier in python 3.4 and there is new with_suffix method that can handle this problem easily:
from pathlib import Path
new_filename = Path(mysequence.fasta).with_suffix('.aln')
Solution 7 - Python
Using pathlib and preserving full path:
from pathlib import Path
p = Path('/User/my/path')
new_p = Path(p.parent.as_posix() + '/' + p.stem + '.aln')
Solution 8 - Python
Sadly, I experienced a case of multiple dots on file name that splittext does not worked well... my work around:
file = r'C:\Docs\file.2020.1.1.xls'
ext = '.'+ os.path.realpath(file).split('.')[-1:][0]
filefinal = file.replace(ext,'')
filefinal = file + '.zip'
os.rename(file ,filefinal)
Solution 9 - Python
>> file = r'C:\Docs\file.2020.1.1.xls'
>> ext = '.'+ os.path.realpath(file).split('.')[-1:][0]
>> filefinal = file.replace(ext,'.zip')
>> os.rename(file ,filefinal)
Bad logic for repeating extension, sample: 'C:\Docs\.xls_aaa.xls.xls'