Converting a system command to python for file search and delete

Question

I have a cron job that deletes files based on their age using the command:

find /path/to/file/ -type f -mmin +120|xargs -I file rm \'file\'

Answer 1

use os.popen()

>>>os.popen("find /path/to/file/ -type f -mmin +120|xargs -I file rm 'file'")

or you can use the subprocess module:

>>> from subprocess import Popen, PIPE
>>> stdout= Popen(['ls','-l'], shell=False, stdout=PIPE).communicate()
>>> print(stdout)