Python - shutil How to select multiple directories for deletion with similar names

Question

I have a Directory called "master" inside I have sub directories as so.

|master----
         |test.directory.one
         |test directory.two
         |test.directory.three
         |test.directory.four
         |test.directory.five
         |this.directory.keep

I would like to create a python script that deletes

all the directories that start with test.directory and ignore anything else

Thanks for you help. Any guidance is greatly appreciated.

Simontfs

Are you using glob patterns? Please post the code that you have so far. — Alex W, Jun 01 '15 at 21:13

Adam Smith · Accepted Answer · 2015-06-01T22:02:31.170

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import glob
import shutil

deldirs = glob.glob("path/to/master/test.directory.*")
for dir_ in deldirs:
    shutil.rmtree(dir_)

edited Jun 01 '15 at 22:02

answered Jun 01 '15 at 21:14

Adam Smith

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do you mean shutil.rmtree? – Padraic Cunningham Jun 01 '15 at 21:27
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@PadraicCunningham hmm yes. I even looked it up because I couldn't remember if it was `shutil.rmtree` or `unlinktree` or `rmdir` or etc. Apparently I wasn't paying much attention!! – Adam Smith Jun 01 '15 at 22:03

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 01 '15 at 22:10

Thanks Adam Smith,

It was almost what I was looking for here is the edited code.

import glob
import xbmc
import os
import shutil

TARGETFOLDER = xbmc.translatePath('special://home/addons/')

addonvideo = glob.glob(xbmc.translatePath('special://home/addons/plugin.video.*'))
for dirname in addonvideo:
    shutil.rmtree(dirname)

Im creating some maintenance scripts for Kodi, I'm new to python but slowly getting my head around it, with the help of you guys. Thanks a million!

I am going to elaborate on this code and would like to post back if I need some more guidance if poss. Cheers :)

Python - shutil How to select multiple directories for deletion with similar names

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