Python 3 Script to Delete All Files Older than N Days in a Directory on Terminal

geekygautam1997 May 14, 2025No Comments

app.py

import os
import time

folder = "demo"

N = 3

os.chdir(os.path.join(os.getcwd(), folder))

list_of_files = os.listdir()

current_time = time.time()

day = 86400

for i in list_of_files:
    file_location = os.path.join(os.getcwd(), i)
    file_time = os.stat(file_location).st_mtime

    if(file_time < current_time - day*N):
        print(f" Delete : {i}")
        os.remove(file_location)

import os

import time

folder = "demo"

N = 3

os.chdir(os.path.join(os.getcwd(), folder))

list_of_files = os.listdir()

current_time = time.time()

day = 86400

for i in list_of_files:

file_location = os.path.join(os.getcwd(), i)

file_time = os.stat(file_location).st_mtime

if(file_time < current_time - day*N):

print(f" Delete : {i}")

os.remove(file_location)

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