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automatic-file-deleter/automatic-file-deleter.py
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2019-09-08 19:42:50 +02:00

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import sys
from os import listdir
from os.path import isfile, join
directory = input("Which directory should be scanned.\n")
try:
files = [f for f in listdir(directory) if isfile(join(directory, f))]
except FileNotFoundError:
print("This directory doesn't exist.")
sys.exit(-1)
file_type_delete = input("Files from which type should be deleted? [.xyz]\n")
relevant_files = []
for i in files:
if i[-len(file_type_delete):] == file_type_delete:
relevant_files.append(i)
files_to_rm = []
for file in relevant_files:
name = file[:-len(file_type_delete)]
fitting_file_exists = False
for _file in files:
if _file != file and (name == _file[:len(name)] and _file[len(name)] == "."):
fitting_file_exists = True
if not fitting_file_exists:
files_to_rm.append(file)
directory_str_has_slash = directory[-1] == "/"
if not directory_str_has_slash:
directory += "/"
rm_string = "rm"
for i in files_to_rm:
rm_string += " '" + directory + i + "'"
print("You can run the following command to delete all the files:")
print(rm_string)
print("This will delete the following files: " + str(files_to_rm))