topic Delete in Python Questions

Delete

Mick — Sun, 21 Mar 2021 10:50:10 GMT

I would like to delete all txt files in my folder. Can you tell me why my code does not work?

import os,shutil

one = 'C:/1'
two = os.listdir(one)

number = 0

for aList in two:
if os.path.isdir(aList):
myDelete = shutil.rmtree('*txt', os.path.join(one, aList))
number += 1

Re: Delete

JayantaPoddar — Sun, 21 Mar 2021 11:04:45 GMT

Check the following code

Change the path of the directory as required.

import os directory = r".\Directory" files_in_directory = os.listdir(directory) filtered_files = [file for file in files_in_directory if file.endswith(".txt")] for file in filtered_files: path_to_file = os.path.join(directory, file) os.remove(path_to_file)

Re: Delete

JoshuaBixby — Sun, 21 Mar 2021 13:47:48 GMT

Jayanta has provided a workable solution, but I will elaborate on why your existing code doesn't work. The shutil.rmtree method is designed to remove entire directory trees, not files within directory trees. As the documentation states, "path must point to a directory", which in your case '*txt' is not a valid directory path.