python script to delete files in a directory code example

Example 1: delete contents of directory python

import os
import glob

files = glob.glob('/YOUR/PATH/*')
for f in files:
    os.remove(f)

Example 2: python how to delete a directory with files in it

import shutil

dir_path = '/tmp/img'

try:
    shutil.rmtree(dir_path)
except OSError as e:
    print("Error: %s : %s" % (dir_path, e.strerror))