Remove filename from a URL/Path in java

Consider using org.apache.commons.io.FilenameUtils

You can extract the base path, file name, extensions etc with any flavor of file separator:

String url = "C:\\windows\\system32\\cmd.exe";

String baseUrl = FilenameUtils.getPath(url);
String myFile = FilenameUtils.getBaseName(url)
                + "." + FilenameUtils.getExtension(url);

System.out.println(baseUrl);
System.out.println(myFile);

Gives,

windows\system32\
cmd.exe

With url; String url = "C:/windows/system32/cmd.exe";

It would give;

windows/system32/
cmd.exe