How can I delete files in Python

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I have several *.dbf files in a folder. Their names are of 8 digits such as 00043232.dbf, 00458283.dbf, 32349999.dbf, 83721092.dbf, 12139999.dbf, 48729999.dbf, ...

I want to delete files that end with 9999. So, in this case, I want to erase 32349999.dbf, 12139999.dbf, 48729999.dbf.

I can I do that in Python?

Jonathan Ballet · Accepted Answer · 2012-05-01 04:15:00Z

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A simple way would be to us glob.glob to find the relevant files, and then use os.unlink() on it:

import glob
import os

for file_path in glob.glob('*9999.dbf'):
    os.unlink(file_path)

answered May 1, 2012 at 4:15

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Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams · Accepted Answer · 2012-05-01 04:13:40Z

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glob, os.unlink()

answered May 1, 2012 at 4:13

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