"Saad Javed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
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I transfer files a lot between my windows and linux partitions...these
folders sometimes
contain *.db and *.ini files which are not recognized or used by linux.
So i tried to write a program to crawl through my home dir and remove
these files...
I'm *very* new to programming and python so please be gentle. Here is >
the code:
import os
list = ['*.ini', '*.db']
for root, dirs, files in os.walk('/home/saad'):
for list in files:
os.remove(os.path.join('root', 'list'))
print 'done'
Unfortunately its a bit too efficient and nearly wiped my home dir before
i manually killed it. Again...treat me like a super noob.
It's a good idea to use "print" instead of a destructive command like
"os.remove" until print displays the correct filenames :^)
Also, "list" and "file" are Python built-ins, so avoid using those names in
code.
import os,fnmatch
patterns = '*.ini *.db'.split()
for root,dirs,files in os.walk('/home/saad'):
for pattern in patterns:
for file_ in fnmatch.filter(files,pattern):
print os.path.join(root,file_)
-Mark
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