#!/usr/bin/python2.7 import sys import os import time f = open("directories",'r') lines = f.readlines() f.close() newlines = [] for line in lines: if "\n" in line: jerry = line.replace("\n","") if len(jerry) == 2: newlines.append(jerry) dirs = newlines print dirs for dir in dirs: print dir if len(dir) == 2: delete = False os.system("ls "+dir+"/ >> contents") f = open("contents","r") thecontents = f.readlines() f.close() print thecontents os.system("rm contents") tempbool = False tempbool2 = False if len(thecontents) != 0: for x in thecontents: if ".jpg" in x: tempbool = True # if len(thedirs)>40: # tempbool2 = True if tempbool == True:# and tempbool2 == True: print "deleting contents.." print "moving to directory '"+dir+"'" if len(thecontents)>0: x = input("bout to do some deleting 1=yes 0=no") if x == 1: print "ok deleting "+dir+"/*" try: os.system("rm "+dir+"/*") except: continue else: sys.exit() else: print "nothing there" continue