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:

Jun 1, 2012 · I want to delete the file filename if it exists. Is it proper to say if os.path.exists(filename): os.remove(filename) Is there a better way? A one-line way?

Let's say I have a text file full of nicknames. How can I delete a specific nickname from this file, using Python?

Jul 21, 2019 · I want to permanently delete a file i have created with my python code. I know the os.remove () etc but can't find anything specific to delete a file permanently.

Sep 29, 2015 · 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 …

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.

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 …

The only way I came up for deleting a file from a zipfile was to create a temporary zipfile without the file to be deleted and then rename it to the original filename. In python 2.4 the ZipInfo cl...

@sparrow The question was how to delete files matching a pattern, not to delete whole directory trees matching a pattern.