Python not recognising directories os.path.isdir() [duplicate]

Answer 1

You could also switch to the target directory instead of constructing an absolute path.

def rmfiles(path, pattern):
    pattern = re.compile(pattern)
    oldpath = os.getcwd()     # <--
    os.chdir(path)            # <--
    try:
      for each in os.listdir('.'):
        if os.path.isdir(each) != True:
            print(each +  " not a dir")
            if pattern.search(each):
                name = os.path.join(path, each)
                os.remove(name)
    finally:
      os.chdir(oldpath)       # <--