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?

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 · 13 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 way in …

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.

Apr 19, 2015 · Edit: The values in your csv file's rows are comma and space separated; In a normal csv, they would be simply comma separated and a check against "0" would work, so you can either use …

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

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

I have a data file (unstructured, messy file) from which I have to scrub specific list of strings (delete strings). Here is what I am doing but with no result: infile = r"messy_data_file.txt&q...

I am getting an "access is denied" error when I attempt to delete a folder that is not empty. Newer versions of Python may also report a "directory not empty" error.