I want this function to delete files. It does this correctly, but it also deletes folders, which I do not want.
I also get an error during execution:
Access is denied: 'C:/temp3\\IDB_KKK
In folder temp3 i have:
IDB_OPP.txt
IDB_KKK - folder
Code:
def delete_Files_StartWith(Path,Start_With_Key):
my_dir = Path
for fname in os.listdir(my_dir):
if fname.startswith(Start_With_Key):
os.remove(os.path.join(my_dir, fname))
delete_Files_StartWith("C:/temp3","IDB_")
Use the following, to check if it is a directory:
os.path.isdir(fname) //if is a directory
To remove a directory and all its contents, use shutil.
The shutil module offers a number of high-level operations on files and collections of files.
Refer to the question How do I remove/delete a folder that is not empty with Python?
import shutil
..
if fname.startswith(Start_With_Key):
shutil.rmtree(os.path.join(my_dir, fname))
Do you want to delete files recursively (i.e. including files that live in subdirectories of Path) without deleting those subdirectories themselves?
import os
def delete_Files_StartWith(Path, Start_With_Key):
for dirPath, subDirs, fileNames in os.walk(Path):
for fileName in fileNames: # only considers files, not directories
if fileName.startswith(Start_With_Key):
os.remove(os.path.join(dirPath, fileName))
I fixed it by the following:
def delete_Files_StartWith(Path,Start_With_Key):
os.chdir(Path)
for fname in os.listdir("."):
if os.path.isfile(fname) and fname.startswith(Start_With_Key):
os.remove(fname)
thanks you all.