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How to print the filename returned by askopenfilename?

As the codes show, I wanted to print the file name.

def callback():
    file_name = open(askopenfilename(filetypes = (("Music File", "*.mp3")
                                                         ,("Video files", "*.mpeg")
                                                        )),'r')

    print file_name

It printed this line

<open file u'C:/Users/121794/Desktop/New folder (2)/Tonight.mp3', mode 'r' at 0x01D63C80>

How can I just get the filename with its extension? e.g “Tonight.mp3”

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Answer

Exclude the call to open:

filename = askopenfilename(filetypes=(("Music File", "*.mp3"),
                                      ("Video files", "*.mpeg")))

If you want only the filename (excluding directory path), use os.path.basename:

>>> import os
>>> os.path.basename('a/b/c')
'c'
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