How do I get the filename without the extension from a path in Python?

To get the filename without the extension from a file path in Python, you can use the os.path.splitext() function. This function returns a tuple containing the file name and the file extension. You can then use string slicing to get just the file name.

Here's an example:

import os

file_path = '/path/to/file.txt'

# Use os.path.splitext to split the file name and extension
filename, file_ext = os.path.splitext(file_path)

# Use slicing to get the file name without the extension
filename_without_ext = filename[:-len(file_ext)]

print(filename_without_ext)  # Output: '/path/to/file'

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Alternatively, you can use the os.path.basename() function to get the base name of the file, and then use string slicing to remove the extension. Here's an example:

import os

file_path = '/path/to/file.txt'

# Get the base name of the file
filename = os.path.basename(file_path)

# Use slicing to remove the extension
filename_without_ext = filename[:filename.rindex('.')]

print(filename_without_ext)  # Output: 'file'

Both of these methods assume that the file extension is separated from the rest of the file name by a period (.). If this is not the case, then you will need to use a different approach to split the file name and extension.