sometimes you need to delete a lot of flacs by extension, and xargs didn't feel right.

clearText.py

import os


def filterExtensions(file):
    # change this extension to whatever you need expunged from the directory
    filter = ".flac"
    if file.endswith(filter):
        return True
    else:
        return False


directory = '.'

files = os.listdir(directory)
filteredFiles = filter(filterExtensions, files)
for file in filteredFiles:
    print(file)
    path_to_file = os.path.join(directory, file)
    os.remove(path_to_file)