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How can I delete hidden files on unix with python, i.e I want to do
equivalent of

rm .lock*

loial wrote:

> How can I delete hidden files on unix with python, i.e I want to do
> equivalent of
>
> rm .lock*

>>> for fn in glob.glob(".lock*"):
.... os.remove(fn)
....

Peter

loial <> wrote:
> How can I delete hidden files on unix with python, i.e I want to do
> equivalent of

> rm .lock*

Here is one way to do it:

import os, glob
for filename in glob.glob('.lock*'):
os.unlink(filename)


Alternatively, you could also do this:

import os
os.system('rm .lock*')


cu
Philipp

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Dr. Philipp Pagel
Lehrstuhl f. Genomorientierte Bioinformatik
Technische Universität München
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On Mar 3, 6:13 pm, Philipp Pagel <pDOTpa...@helmholtz-muenchen.de>
wrote:
> loial <jldunn2...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> > How can I delete hidden files on unix with python, i.e I want to do
> > equivalent of
> > rm .lock*
>
> Here is one way to do it:
>
> import os, glob
> for filename in glob.glob('.lock*'):
> os.unlink(filename)
>
> Alternatively, you could also do this:
>
> import os
> os.system('rm .lock*')
>
> cu
> Philipp
>
> --
> Dr. Philipp Pagel
> Lehrstuhl f. Genomorientierte Bioinformatik
> Technische Universität Münchenhttp://mips.gsf.de/staff/pagel

Another way is to execute the linux command directly
Check here: http://love-python.blogspot.com/2008...in-python.html

regards,
subeen.
http://love-python.blogspot.com

On Mar 3, 9:38 am, subeen <tamim.shahr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mar 3, 6:13 pm, Philipp Pagel <pDOTpa...@helmholtz-muenchen.de>
> wrote:
>
>
>
> > loial <jldunn2...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> > > How can I delete hidden files on unix with python, i.e I want to do
> > > equivalent of
> > > rm .lock*
>
> > Here is one way to do it:
>
> > import os, glob
> > for filename in glob.glob('.lock*'):
> > os.unlink(filename)
>
> > Alternatively, you could also do this:
>
> > import os
> > os.system('rm .lock*')
>
> > cu
> > Philipp
>
> > --
> > Dr. Philipp Pagel
> > Lehrstuhl f. Genomorientierte Bioinformatik
> > Technische Universität Münchenhttp://mips.gsf.de/staff/pagel
>
> Another way is to execute the linux command directly
> Check here:http://love-python.blogspot.com/2008...ommands-in-pyt...
>

Note that that can get dangerous with shell expansions:

e.g. (don't run in a directory with files you want to keep!)
import os
open("--help", "w")
os.system("rm *help")

will actually run "rm --help", printing the help for rm rather than
removing the file named "--help". There are a lot of security
implications to allowing this kind of shell expansion of commands.
The system-call method with os.unlink is easier to get right.

loial <> wrote:
>
>How can I delete hidden files on unix with python, i.e I want to do
>equivalent of
>
>rm .lock*

What did you try? I'm curious to know what you tried that didn't work,
because I can't think of any obvious solution to this that would not just
work.

You did try to solve this yourself before sending a message around the
world, didn't you?
--
Tim Roberts,
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.