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rated 0 times [ 197] [ 1] / answers: 1 / hits: 19431 / 11 Years ago, tue, april 9, 2013, 12:00:00

I need to return only the file name from an HTML input file.

<input type=file id=whatever />

The JavaScript code im using to get the name of the file is:

document.getElementById(whatever).value;

In firefox it gives only the file name which is what I want, but in IE I get the full path.

I think that string manipulation is the only way to get the name.

What would be the easiest/shortest way to get only the name (extension too) in JavaScript? Thanks.

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answered 11 Years ago austynp · Accepted Answer

You can try this

var path = document.getElementById(whatever).value;

var fileName = path.match(/[^/\]+$/);

console.log(fileName);