import os to_delete = [ 'session_stats', 'libtorrent_logs*', 'round_trip_ms.log', 'dht.log', 'upnp.log', 'natpmp.log', 'bin' ] directories = [ 'examples', 'test', '.', 'tools' ] for d in directories: for f in to_delete: path = os.path.join(d, f) print path os.system('rm -rf %s' % path)