On 2015-01-02 21:21, Cameron Simpson wrote:
> >def unlinkFiles():
> > dirname = "/path/to/dir"
> > for f in os.listdir(dirname):
> > if re.match("^unix*$", f):
> > os.remove(os.path.join(dirname, f))
>
> That is a very expensive way to check the filename in this
> particular case. Consider:
>
> if f.startswith('unix'):
>
> instead of using a regular expression.
And worse, the given re would delete a file named "uni" which doesn't
sound ANYTHING like what the OP wanted :-)
-tkc
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