Extracting extension from filename in Python
Is there a function to extract the extension from a filename?
filenames
Turn a string into a valid filename?
I have a string that I want to use as a filename, so I want to remove all characters that wouldn’t be allowed in filenames, using Python.
How do you import a file in python with spaces in the name?
Do I have to take out all the spaces in the file name to import it, or is there some way of telling import that there are spaces?
How can I replace (or strip) an extension from a filename in Python?
Is there a built-in function in Python that would replace (or remove, whatever) the extension of a filename (if it has one)?
Best way to remove file extension from a string?
So, I’m using a script I’ve made to convert videos to the webm format. A certain program calls the script, sending %f which is the full, absolute file name of the video, like this:
What are ./ and ../ directories?
Simple question, but I’m not sure where to look and google doesn’t respond to periods and slashes.
Converting relative path to absolute path without symbolic link
Is there a Unix command to get the absolute (and canonicalized) path from a relative path which may contain symbolic links?
What does dash “-” at the end of a command mean?
Given the following command:
Redirect a file descriptor before execution
I know that I can change the file a program writes to by interrupting the process in gdb, closing using the file descriptor and then re-opening with the file name I want. Is there a way to do the same thing at run time?
Stripping directory paths to get file names
What I am doing is converting mp3’s with LAME. I already have an old script I wrote that works but I want to add to it this ability–to no longer delete the file but instead save it in a new root folder with sub-directories that match the using the path that it is already in.