Python Fabric - Remove files matching a pattern in a directory w/ spaces?

Question

I'm trying to remove all files in a folder /myfolder/name with spaces/files/ that have an extension like *.pyc, but leave other files in the same folder untouched.

I tried running:

$ rm  "/myfolder/name with spaces/files/*.pyc"

but I get a "No such file or directory" error.

I also tried running:

$ rm "/myfolder/name with spaces/files"*.pyc

but this seems to fail if there are no files with the *.pyc extension in the folder (it works when there are *.pyc files present).

Escaping the spaces doesn't seem to work either.

What would be the best way to do this (assuming I can't rename the path)?

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EDIT: I found a solution, and I have a follow-up question:

I just found that running the below command works, with some inspiration from this similar post:

$ find "myfolder/name with spaces/files/" -name *.pyc -exec rm '{}' ';'

Is there a way to do the same as above with solely rm? Is the above command the best way to do this? My understanding is that in general -exec should be used carefully.

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EDIT 2: A better solution!

Some better context: I'm trying to run these commands remotely using Fabric.

I didn't realize there was a cd context manager, but using that I found a solution:

from fabric.api import cd
with cd('/myfolder/name with spaces/files/'):
    sudo('rm -f *.pyc')

I also discovered a separate issue: using rm *.pyc caused Fabric to fail because there were no *.pyc files in the directory, so using rm -f *.pyc allowed the command to fail silently and allow Fabric to continue.

Answer 1

Found a solution, edited in the answer to the question above as 'EDIT 2'

I didn't realize there was a cd context manager in Fabric, so using that I found a solution:

from fabric.api import cd
with cd('/myfolder/name with spaces/files/'):
    sudo('rm -f *.pyc')

I also discovered a separate issue: using rm *.pyc caused Fabric to fail because there were no *.pyc files in the directory, so using rm -f *.pyc allowed the command to fail silently and allow Fabric to continue.