What is a .pyc file?
A *.pyc file is created by the Python interpreter when a *.py file is imported into any other python file. The *.pyc file contains the “compiled bytecode” of the imported module/program so that the “translation” from source code to bytecode can be skipped on subsequent imports of the *.py file. Having a *.pyc file saves the compilation time of converting the python source code to byte code, every time the file is imported. Thus speeding startup a little. But it’s still interpreted. Once the *.pyc file is generated, there is no need for the *.py file, unless the *.py file is modified. In Python 3.2, the compiled files (.pyc) are placed in a __pycache__ subdirectory and are named differently depending on which Python interpreter created them.
How to remove all .pyc files in Python?
In this article, we are going to see how to remove all .pyc files in Python.