How do I delete a file or folder in Python? For Python 3, to remove the file and directory individually, use the unlink and rmdir Path object methods respectively:

How can I delete the contents of a local folder in Python? The current project is for Windows, but I would like to see *nix also.

May 3, 2017 · I'm working on some Python code. I want to remove the new_folder including all its files at the end of program. Can someone please guide me how I can do that? I have seen …

7 Because the * is a shell construct. Python is literally looking for a file named "*" in the directory /home/me/test. Use listdir to get a list of the files first and then call remove on each one.

Jan 3, 2010 · I want to delete all files with the extension .bak in a directory. How can I do that in Python?

I am getting an "access is denied" error when I attempt to delete a folder that is not empty. Newer versions of Python may also report a "directory not empty" error.

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85 I'm trying to write a python script to delete all files in a folder older than X days. This is what I have so far:

May 5, 2018 · The "uncommon" file system alterations, such as recursively removing a directory, is stored in different modules. If you want to recursively remove a directory, you should use the …

Sep 29, 2015 · 13 For this operation you need to append the file name on to the file path so the command knows what folder you are looking into. You can do this correctly and in a portable …