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Delete file & directory

Python programming example for deleting file and directory

8/13/2021
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delete-file-and-directory.pyPython
#!/usr/bin/evn python 

import os
directory = input("Enter your directory name: ")
# Check if directory exist or not
if os.path.exists(directory):
    # Delete directory from current location
    os.rmdir(directory)
    print(directory," - directory successfully deleted!")
else:
    print("Directory ",directory," doesn't exists!")
    
fileName = input("Enter your file name: ")

# Check if file exist or not
if os.path.exists(fileName):
    # Delete file  from current location
    os.remove(fileName)
    print(fileName," - file successfully deleted!")
else:
    print("File ",directory," doesn't exists!")
    


#***** Output *****
# Enter your directory name: abcd
# abcd  - directory successfully deleted!
# Enter your file name: safd.txt
# File  abcd  doesn't exists!
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