Hi,
On Fri, Jan 02, 2015 at 05:35:52AM -0600, Tim Chase wrote:
> 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 :-)
yes, you're right - I've missed out a "." before the "*". :)
thanks:
a.
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