Dart| Flutter How to get File name and extension with example

The post is about how to get the name of the file in dart programming.

#Dart gets filename and extension

There are multiple ways to get the name of the file

• using path package basename Import path/path.dart package into your code.

Path package provides basename and basenameWithoutExtension properties to get name and extension.

First, Create a file object. Pass file.path to those methods. Here is an example

import 'dart:io';
import 'package:path/path.dart';

void main() {
  File file = new File("/abc.txt");
  String name = basename(file.path);
  print(name);
  String namewithoutExtension = basenameWithoutExtension(file.path);
  print(namewithoutExtension);
}

Output:

abc.txt
abc

The second way, using File.uri.pathSegments.last

import 'dart:io';
import 'package:path/path.dart';

void main() {
  File file = new File("/abc.txt");
  String name = file.uri.pathSegments.last;
  print(name);//abc.txt
}

Third-way using Path class from dart:io package Create File object, pass file.path that gets the path of the file to Path class.

Here is an example

import 'dart:io';

void main() {
  File file = new File("/abc.txt");
  Path path = new Path(file.path);
  print(path.filename); // abc.txt
  print(path.directoryPath); // /
}

#Conclusion

You can get multiple ways to get filename, extension and directory path in dart and flutter