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 - [Pathlib home and cwd](notes/20220904163710.md)
 - [Pathlib list files in directory](notes/20220904164101.md)
 - [Read / write files the modern way](notes/20221202131250.md)
+- [Split file name and extension](notes/20240711112258.md)
 
 ## Pdf
 
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+# split file name and extension
+
+`pathlib` has you covered, just make a `Path` object and access the `stem` and `suffix` attributes:
+
+```
+import pathlib
+
+path = pathlib.Path('20240711112258.md')
+
+print(path.stem)  # 20240711112258
+print(path.suffix)  # .md
+```
+
+#pathlib