Via os.listdir and os.remove:
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)) Using only a single loop:
for f in os.listdir(mydir): if not f.endswith(".bak"): continue os.remove(os.path.join(mydir, f)) Or via glob.glob:
import glob, os, os.path filelist = glob.glob(os.path.join(mydir, "*.bak")) for f in filelist: os.remove(f) Be sure to be in the correct directory, eventually using os.chdir.