python delete all file code example

Example 1: python delete all files in directory

import os

filelist = [ f for f in os.listdir(mydir) if f.endswith(".bak") ]
for f in filelist:
    os.remove(os.path.join(mydir, f))

Example 2: how to delete everything on a file python

f = open('file.txt', 'r+')
f.truncate(0) # need '0' when using r+

Example 3: python delete all data from file

file = open("sample.txt","r+")
file.truncate(0)
file.close()