Python os.remove - No such file in directory

Question

I have below code to remove a file in one of my local folders. I have taken the code from other user posts.

However, it does not seem to be working for me. Below is my code

python

import os

def deletefile():
    filePath = "‎⁨‎⁨/Users/Jose/Documents"
    os.remove(os.path.join(filePath, "tweets.db"))
    print("Ok while deleting file ", filePath)

deletefile()

And below is the error that I am getting. What am I doing wrong? Why Python is placing "\u200e\u2068\u200e\u2068/" in front of my path?

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "tests.py", line 17, in <module>
    deletefile()
  File "tests.py", line 11, in deletefile
    os.remove(os.path.join(filePath, "tweets.db"))
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '\u200e\u2068\u200e\u2068/Users/Jose/Documents/tweets.db'

Alan Kavanagh · Accepted Answer · 2019-05-17 14:08:05Z

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Re-type your variable filePath = /Users/Jose/Documents manually

There are some invisible 'LEFT-TO-RIGHT MARK' (u200e) and 'FIRST STRONG ISOLATE' (u2068) characters in the string

edited May 17, 2019 at 14:08

answered May 17, 2019 at 13:45

Alan Kavanagh

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Jose Manuel Over a year ago

That was the problem. I have entered the path manually and it is working now.

Will.Evo Over a year ago

How would you deal with this if you can't retype the path? I am getting a list of files with glob and having this same problem.

Alan Kavanagh Over a year ago

Why can you not retype the path? Did you solve your problem?

Zhenhir · Accepted Answer · 2019-05-17 13:46:52Z

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There is a unicode left-to-right mark in your filePath line. It won't show up in most text editors (I can see it in vim). You should re-type that line manually.

answered May 17, 2019 at 13:46

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