Remove all .pyc files from a directory
In the terminal, navigate to your folder and type the following command to remove all pyc files from that directory and its subdirectories:
find . -name "*.pyc" -exec rm -rf {} \;
Also on Ubuntu, you can try pyclean (comes pre-installed):
http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/precise/man1/pyclean.1.html
Written by Nahim Nasser
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Good catch on the nomenclature ---
A recursive removal will clear up any .pyc files in subdirectories.
over 1 year ago
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Deleting with find is common, so there's a shortcut:
find . -name "*.pyc" -delete
I will have to check out pyclean. Thanks for the tip.
over 1 year ago
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