Delete hidden files on unix

[Philipp Pagel]

loial <jldunn2000 at 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

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Technische Universität München
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