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Extract file name, extension and basename ofrom a path.é

getExtension(x, sep = .Platform$file.sep)

getFilename(x, sep = .Platform$file.sep)

getName(x, sep = .Platform$file.sep)

getBasename(x, sep = .Platform$file.sep)

getLocation(x, sep = .Platform$file.sep)

getDetails(x, sep = .Platform$file.sep)

Arguments

x	a character string. Note that getDetails() also supports vector of paths.
sep	file separator, default used the platform-specific file separator see .Platform().

Value

Extract the file extension a character string (e.g. a path).

Details

For more functionalities, have a look at package fs.

Functions

• getFilename: Extract the file name from a character string, that is the base name and the file extension

• getName: Extract the name of a file or a directory from a character string.

• getBasename: Extract the base name of a file from a character string.

• getLocation: Extract the location of the parent folfder from a character string.

• getDetails: Return a data frame with basic information for all elements of a vector of paths.

Examples

getExtension("path1/path2/foo.R")
#> [1] "R"
getFilename("path1/path2/foo.R")
#> [1] "foo.R"
getBasename("path1/path2/foo.R")
#> [1] "foo"
getLocation("path1/path2/foo.R")
#> [1] "path1/path2"
getDetails("path1/path2/foo.R")
#>    Name    Location Basename Extension Directory
#> 1 foo.R path1/path2      foo         R     FALSE
getDetails(list.files(recursive = TRUE)) 
#>                   Name Location        Basename Extension Directory
#> 1   adjustStrings.html        .   adjustStrings      html     FALSE
#> 2    aggregateCol.html        .    aggregateCol      html     FALSE
#> 3     applyString.html        .     applyString      html     FALSE
#> 4  assignClass2df.html        .  assignClass2df      html     FALSE
#> 5       assignIds.html        .       assignIds      html     FALSE
#> 6      categorize.html        .      categorize      html     FALSE
#> 7      dfTemplate.html        .      dfTemplate      html     FALSE
#> 8    duplicateRow.html        .    duplicateRow      html     FALSE
#> 9        findThem.html        .        findThem      html     FALSE
#> 10 gaussianShape-1.png        . gaussianShape-1       png     FALSE
#> 11  gaussianShape.html        .   gaussianShape      html     FALSE
#> 12      getDigits.html        .       getDigits      html     FALSE
#> 13          index.html        .           index      html     FALSE
#> 14        Rplot001.png        .        Rplot001       png     FALSE
getExtension("foo.R")
#> [1] "R"
getBasename("foo.R")
#> [1] "foo"