On Mar 3, 6:13 pm, Philipp Pagel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > loial <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 > > -- > Dr. Philipp Pagel > Lehrstuhl f. Genomorientierte Bioinformatik > Technische Universität Münchenhttp://mips.gsf.de/staff/pagel
Another way is to execute the linux command directly :) Check here: http://love-python.blogspot.com/2008/02/execute-linux-commands-in-python.html regards, subeen. http://love-python.blogspot.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list