Remove Python cache files and folders

remove_python_cache.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
import os
import shutil


def remove_python_cache(directory, verbose=False):
    for root, dir_names, file_names in os.walk(directory, topdown=False):
        for dir_name in dir_names:
            if dir_name == '__pycache__':
                shutil.rmtree(os.path.join(root, dir_name))
                if verbose:
                    print('%s removed!' % os.path.join(root, dir_name))
        for file_name in file_names:
            if file_name.split('.')[-1] in ['pyc', 'pyo']:
                os.remove(os.path.join(root, file_name))
                if verbose:
                    print('%s removed!' % os.path.join(root, file_name))


if __name__ == '__main__':
    remove_python_cache(r'c:\path\to\project')
    # or
    # remove_python_cache(r'/home/path/to/project')
    print('Removed Python cache')