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Rename files that are stored in a list in python

Hi!

I generated a list that contains 3 text files

list = [path/A.txt, path/B.txt, path/C.txt]

Now, I want to remove the paths of the filenames, so that I have:

list = [A.txt, B.txt, C.txt]

I tried to use the os.path.basename() function in a for loop:

for file in list: file = os.path.basename(file)

I know this does not work out and I have to adress the indices of the files in the list somehow, but I got stuck...

Can someone help me with this issue?

Greetings!

python lists textfiles path basename
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written by Jonas.Koch • Jonas.Koch

Hello Jonas.Koch!

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written by Pierre Lindenbaum Pierre Lindenbaum

I agree this isn't clear how it relates to bioinformatics, but here's some help

(If the paths are all the same length)

my_list=["path/A.txt", "path/B.txt", "path/C.txt"]
[x[5:] for x in my_list]

['A.txt', 'B.txt', 'C.txt']
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