Delete hidden files on unix

[loial]

How can I delete hidden files on unix with python, i.e I want to do
equivalent of

rm .lock*

 

[Peter Otten]

How can I delete hidden files on unix with python, i.e I want to do
equivalent of

rm .lock*

.... os.remove(fn)
....

Peter

 

[Philipp Pagel]

How can I delete hidden files on unix with python, i.e I want to do
equivalent of

rm .lock*

Here is one way to do it:

import os, glob
for filename in glob.glob('.lock*'):
os.unlink(filename)


Alternatively, you could also do this:

import os
os.system('rm .lock*')


cu
Philipp

 

[subeen]

Here is one way to do it:

import os, glob
for filename in glob.glob('.lock*'):
os.unlink(filename)

Alternatively, you could also do this:

import os
os.system('rm .lock*')

cu
Philipp

Another way is to execute the linux command directly
Check here: http://love-python.blogspot.com/2008/02/execute-linux-commands-in-python.html

regards,
subeen.
http://love-python.blogspot.com

 

[sjdevnull]

Another way is to execute the linux command directly
Check here:http://love-python.blogspot.com/2008/02/execute-linux-commands-in-pyt...

Note that that can get dangerous with shell expansions:

e.g. (don't run in a directory with files you want to keep!)
import os
open("--help", "w")
os.system("rm *help")

will actually run "rm --help", printing the help for rm rather than
removing the file named "--help". There are a lot of security
implications to allowing this kind of shell expansion of commands.
The system-call method with os.unlink is easier to get right.

 

[Tim Roberts]

How can I delete hidden files on unix with python, i.e I want to do
equivalent of

rm .lock*

What did you try? I'm curious to know what you tried that didn't work,
because I can't think of any obvious solution to this that would not just
work.

You did try to solve this yourself before sending a message around the
world, didn't you?