UNIX question to the experts

I would like to delete a set of files that look like

path/commonName-i

path and common name can contain space or special characters (umlauts etc)

if p= path and x = commonName I would like to do

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subprocess.Popen("rm "+p+x+"*",shell=True)

I works if there are no spaces or special characters, but
that does not work if there a blanks in the name. if I add ' around p+x the "*" does not work.

I also found that eg umlauts in the file name are different than in the unix shell.
I am using the same variables to create --

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f=open("'"p+x+"-1'","w")

-- and delete the files.

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subprocess.Popen("rm '"+p+x+"-1'",shell=True)

states file does not exist .. any Unicode or utf8 suggestions?

Karl

[jay (support)]

Thought 1: use a python script and use os.remove()

Thought 2: maybe this:

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find /path/to/dir/* -exec rm {} \;

This one works:

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            files = os.listdir( commonPath )  # path to the directory
            for ff in files:
                #indigo.server.log(unicode(ff) )
                for TTI in range(noOfTimeTypes):
                    if ff.find(u"-"+binTypeFileNames[TTI]+u"-") >-1:  # this are  the common strings in the filenames and they are unique
                        try:
                            xx=os.remove(commonPath+ff)
                        except:
                            indigo.server.log("failed "= unicode(xx) )


will delete any file (also w space ä º characters) with string "-commonString-" in directory commonPath

Karl