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auny
auny

Reputation: 1970

Python:Determine file types by looking at its extension

I want to classify file types based on their extensions in python.Before writing it up myself i wanted to check if there is any python package which can be used for this purpose. By file type i mean to classify it as eg. Doc,ppt,pdf,tar,txt,iso etc. ideally it would take the file name as input and return its type.i am running on linux

Upvotes: 1

Views: 758

Answers (2)

Pratik Mandrekar
Pratik Mandrekar

Reputation: 9568

You should look into a document metadata parser. I have used Apache Tika which is a java library in some of my projects. You can look at this question Python-based document metadata parser? to see how to use it in Python

Upvotes: 2

Denis
Denis

Reputation: 7333

In Linux you can use 'file' utillity which determine file type. So if you want you can use it and in your scripts too:

import subprocess
subprocess.call(['file', 'yourfile'])

Upvotes: 1

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