Python - Delete all files EXCEPT for

Question

I have a Python script and I\'m trying to delete all files in this directory EXCEPT for the .csv file. Getting syntax error on the \"not\" in this line:

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Answer 1

An alternate way would be get the list of files (glob.glob returns a list) and then remove the one item you want to preserve.

import os
import glob
import time

file_path = "c:\python\AIO.csv"
while not os.path.exists(file_path):
    time.sleep(10)

if os.path.isfile(file_path):
   # get list of files that match
   cleanupFiles = glob.glob("c:\python\AIO*.*")
   cleanupFiles.remove(file_path)
   for cleanupFile in cleanupFiles:
      os.remove(cleanupFile)