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Re: How do I remove/unlink wildcarded files

Started byChris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
First post2015-01-02 23:59 +1100
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  Re: How do I remove/unlink wildcarded files Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-01-02 23:59 +1100

#83115 — Re: How do I remove/unlink wildcarded files

FromChris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
Date2015-01-02 23:59 +1100
SubjectRe: How do I remove/unlink wildcarded files
Message-ID<mailman.17322.1420203560.18130.python-list@python.org>
On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 11:36 PM, Ervin Hegedüs <airween@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 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 "*". :)

Another reason to avoid regexps when you don't actually need them.
Globs are simpler, and have fewer obscure failure modes.

ChrisA

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