pantonante
10/19/2017 - 8:33 AM

Get/Check file extension

Get the file file extension of a file (even if full path) and check against some supported extensions.

import os.path

filename = 'report.html'

extension = os.path.splitext(filename)[1][1:]

if(('tex' or 'latex') in extension):
  print('LaTeX')
elif ('html' in extension):
  print('HTML')
else:
  print('Extension not supported')