How to write a script to delete multiple files in python?

Question

I am new to scripting and trying to write a python script to remove a few files.. Here is the path Multiple scripts/script*

Main directory: Multiple scripts
sub directories: script1
                 script2
                 script3

In each script in subdirectories, I have file consists of mem. Since I don't know what they start with or their extension now I would like to write a script to search all the subdirectories and delete files that consists of mem.

I tried using the following code but did not work for me

import os
if Multiple scripts/scripts*
    os.remove(*/mem*)
else:
    print ("file does not exists")

And also please help me with how to write a script to delete files with multiple names (/mem, /name) at a time. Any help would be appreciated... Thank you

@Davis Herring What I mean is how can we write a script to delete two or more files with different names at a time — user7090, Jun 14 '20 at 17:28
Unless you are *specifically* asking about how to solve a cross-version compatibility problem (in which case your question should obviously describe that problem) you should not mix the [tag:python-2.7] and [tag:python-3.x] tags. — tripleee, Jun 14 '20 at 17:29
See [Delete multiple files matching a pattern](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1548704/delete-multiple-files-matching-a-pattern) & [How to delete a file or folder?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6996603/how-to-delete-a-file-or-folder) — Trenton McKinney, Jun 14 '20 at 17:49

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 14 '20 at 17:37

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If I'm understanding your question correctly, I think you'll want the glob module. Something like

import os
import glob
for fname in glob.iglob("./*/mem*"):
    print("Removing "+fname)
    os.remove(fname)

Before you run that loop, though, I'd say run it first without the last line, to see what it would do, and make sure that that's what you want.

answered Jun 14 '20 at 17:37

ReGuess

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how about the path? I mean where it should go and delete – user7090 Jun 14 '20 at 17:44
@user7090 If you're running the script from some other directory, you'd replace the "." with the path to the base directory. The "." here simply indicates a "relative path", telling it to search the current directory. – ReGuess Jun 14 '20 at 17:52
It didnot print anything – user7090 Jun 14 '20 at 18:06
@user7090 It's not clear what the problem is. How about you read [this](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Path_%28computing%29#Absolute_and_relative_paths) and see if it clears anything up. – ReGuess Jun 14 '20 at 18:20

How to write a script to delete multiple files in python?

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