Equal names different file extensions

Question

I have a directory with 2000 files, many have the same name and different extension, ex: diff001.txt diff001.pdf diff003.txt diff013.txt diff014.pdf diff021.txt diff021.pdf in this case I would like to keep only the file with the txt extension and delete the pdf.

I have no idea how to do it. Thank you.

Answer 1

There are several ways to do it, follow one of them:

import os

path = 'COLOQUE_AQUI_O_PATH_PARA_DIRETORIO_COM_ARQUIVOS'

txt_files = [f for f in os.listdir(path) if f.endswith('txt') and os.path.isfile(os.path.join(path, f))]

This form above comprehensilist on amounts to:

txt_files = []

for f in os.listdir(path):
     if f.endswith('txt') and os.path.isfile(os.path.join(path, f):
         txt_files.append(f)

Note This solution does not take subdirectories into account as it was not requested in the question