Java Program to Get the name of the file from the absolute path

Example 1: Get file name from the absolute path using getName()

 import java.io.File; class Main { public static void main(String[] args) { // link to file Test.class File file = new File("C:\\Users\\Sudip Bhandari\\Desktop\\Programiz\\Java Article\\Test.class"); // get file name using getName() String fileName = file.getName(); System.out.println("File Name: " + fileName); } }

Output

 File Name: Test.class

In the above example, we have used the getName() method of the File class to get the name of the file.

Example 2: Get the file name using string methods

We can also get the name of the file from its absolute path using the string methods.

 import java.io.File; class Main { public static void main(String[] args) { File file = new File("C:\\Users\\Sudip Bhandari\\Desktop\\Programiz\\Java Article\\Test.class"); // convert the file into the string String stringFile = file.toString(); int index = stringFile.lastIndexOf('\\'); if(index > 0) { String fileName = stringFile.substring(index + 1); System.out.println("File Name: " + fileName); } } }

Output

 File Name: Test.class

In the above example,

• file.toString() - Converts the File object into the string.
• stringFile.lastIndexOf() - Returns the last occurrence of character '\\' in stringFile. To learn more, visit Java String lastindexOf().
• stringFile.substring(index + 1) - Returns all the substring after position index + 1. To learn more, visit Java String substring().