How to replace only part of the match with python re.sub

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Put a capture group around the part that you want to preserve, and then include a reference to that capture group within your replacement text.

re.sub(r'(\_a)?\.([^\.]*)$' , r'_suff.\2',"long.file.name.jpg")

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