Delete File in Python on Mac - DevPops-Inc/mac GitHub Wiki

• Press the command key and spacebar to launch Spotlight Search, type “terminal” and select the “Terminal” application.
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• Type python3 and press the return key to launch the Python interactive shell.
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• Type import os and press the return key to import the os module.
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• Type from pathlib import Path and press the return key to import the Path object from the pathlib module.
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• Type variable = Path(“< file path >”) and press the return key to declare a variable and set it to the path of the file you wish to delete.
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• Type os.path.exists(< variable >) and press the return key to test the file path and it will return True since the file exists.
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• Type os.remove(< variable >) and press the return key to delete the file.
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• Press the up arrow twice to recall os.path.exists(< variable >) and press the return key to sanity check that you’ve successfully deleted the file and it will return False this time around.
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• Type exit() or quit() and press the return key to quit the Python interactive shell and return the UNIX-like shell.
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