a = "/home/folderhabitk.ml/public_html/subfile/" DomainName ="newweb3.com" abc = a.split("/") wpexpath = abc[4] b=a.rstrip('/') c= b.rstrip(wpexpath) newpath = '/home/%s/public_html/%s' % (DomainName, wpexpath) if wpexpath != "": home = "0" else: home = "1" print(wpexpath) print(c)