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Deleting files by type in Python on Windows
How can I delete all files with the extension ".txt" in a directory? I normally just do
import os
filepath = 'C:\directory\thefile.txt'
os.unlink(filepath)
Is there a command like os.unlink('C:\directory\*.txt') that would delete all .txt files? How can I do that?
Thanks!
#!/usr/bin/env python
import glob
import os
for i in glob.glob(u'*.txt'):
os.unlink (i)
should do the job.
Edit: You can also do it in "one line" using map operation:
#!/usr/bin/env python
import glob
import os
map(os.unlink, glob.glob(u'*.txt'))
u'*.txt' (note the u at the start of the string) to handle filenames containing Unicode characters.Use the glob module to get a list of files matching the pattern and call unlink on all of them in a loop.
Iterate through all files in C:\directory\, check if the extension is .txt, unlink if yes.
