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Arsenic
Arsenic

Reputation: 103

How can I delete files by extension in subfolders of a folder?

I have a folder, which contains many subfolders, each containing some videos and .srt files. I want to loop over the main folder so that all the .srt files from all subfolders are deleted.

Here is something I tried-

    import sys
    import os
    import glob

    main_dir = '/Users/Movies/Test'

    folders = os.listdir(main_dir)

    for (dirname, dirs, files) in os.walk(main_dir):
       for file in files:
          if file.endswith('.srt'):
          os.remove(file)

However, I get an error as follows-

    FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'file1.srt'

Is there any way I can solve this? I am still a beginner so sorry I may have overlooked something obvious.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 2045

Answers (1)

Matt L.
Matt L.

Reputation: 3621

You need to join the filename with the location.

import sys
import os

main_dir = '/Users/Movies/Test'

for (dirname, dirs, files) in os.walk(main_dir):
   for file in files:
      if file.endswith('.srt'):
          source_file = os.path.join(dirname, file)
          os.remove(source_file)

Upvotes: 4

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