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Removing junk files from a folder recursively (Python)
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#!/usr/bin/env python | |
# | |
# delete-stuff2.py: delete specific files and folders within subdirectories of a folder. | |
# by raykendo | |
# Python 2.7+ | |
# | |
import os | |
import stat | |
import sys | |
def usage(): | |
print 'Usage for files: delete-stuff2.py DIRECTORY FILENAME' | |
print 'Usage for folders: delete-stuff2 DIRECTORY /FOLDERNAME' | |
sys.exit(1) | |
def main(argv): | |
if len(argv) < 2: | |
usage() | |
dir = os.path.abspath(argv[0]) | |
print 'Reading file names' | |
removed = 0 | |
for fileName in argv[1:]: | |
for root, dirs, files in os.walk(dir): | |
for name in files: | |
if name.upper() == fileName.upper(): | |
path = os.path.join(root, name) | |
os.remove(path) | |
removed += 1 | |
if fileName.startswith('/') or fileName.startswith('\\'): | |
for name in dirs: | |
if name.upper() == fileName[1:].upper(): | |
path = os.path.join(root, name) | |
os.rmdir(path) | |
removed += 1 | |
print 'Done, %d files removed.' % (removed) | |
if __name__ == '__main__': | |
main(sys.argv[1:]) |
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#!/usr/bin/env python | |
# | |
# delete-stuff3.py: delete specific files and folders within subdirectories of a folder. | |
# by raykendo | |
# Python 3.x | |
# | |
import os | |
import stat | |
import sys | |
def usage(): | |
print('Usage for files: delete-stuff3.py DIRECTORY filename') | |
print('Usage for folders: delete-stuff3 DIRECTORY /foldername') | |
sys.exit(1) | |
def main(argv): | |
if len(argv) < 2: | |
usage() | |
dir = os.path.abspath(argv[0]) | |
print('Reading file names') | |
removed = 0 | |
for fileName in argv[1:]: | |
for root, dirs, files in os.walk(dir): | |
for name in files: | |
if name.upper() == fileName.upper(): | |
path = os.path.join(root, name) | |
os.remove(path) | |
removed += 1 | |
if fileName.startswith('/') or fileName.startswith('\\'): | |
for name in dirs: | |
if name.upper() == fileName[1:].upper(): | |
path = os.path.join(root, name) | |
os.rmdir(path) | |
removed += 1 | |
print('Done, %d files removed.' % (removed)) | |
if __name__ == '__main__': | |
main(sys.argv[1:]) |
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