#!/usr/local2/bin/python import os, os.path, sys, time, string listf = open('/raid0/people/joha/DB2/1_KEGG2SDF/'+sys.argv[1], 'r') if string.find(sys.argv[1], 'equal') != -1: print 'Idiot' raise SystemExit() for line in listf.readlines(): mol = line[:-6] # print 'rm -rf '+sys.argv[2]+'/'+mol+'*' os.system('rm -rf '+sys.argv[2]+'/'+mol+'*')