nodejs get file name from absolute path?

node.js path fs
fxp picture fxp · Nov 6, 2013 · Viewed 194k times · Source

If there any API could retrieve file name from an absolute file path?

e.g. "foo.txt" from "/var/www/foo.txt"

I know it works with string operation, like fullpath.replace(/.+\//, '') but I want to know is there a more 'formal' way, like file.getName() in java, could do it.

NodeJS get file name from absolute path?

Answer

Victor Stanciu picture Victor Stanciu · Nov 6, 2013

Use the basename method of the path module:

path.basename('/foo/bar/baz/asdf/quux.html')
// returns
'quux.html'

Here is the documentation the above example is taken from.

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