Get file name from a file location in Java

Question

I have a String that provides an absolute path to a file (including the file name). I want to get just the file\'s name. What is the easiest way to do this?

Answer 1

Here are 2 ways(both are OS independent.)

Using Paths : Since 1.7

Path p = Paths.get();
String fileName = p.getFileName().toString();
String directory = p.getParent().toString();

Using FilenameUtils in Apache Commons IO :

String name1 = FilenameUtils.getName("/ab/cd/xyz.txt");
String name2 = FilenameUtils.getName("c:\\ab\\cd\\xyz.txt");