Moving all files from one directory to another using Python

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I want to move all text files from one folder to another folder using Python  I found this code   import os  shutil  glob  dst     path to dir Caches com apple Safari WebKitCache Version  4 Blobs   try      os makedirs  path to dir Tumblr Uploads    create destination directory  if needed  similar to mkdir -p  except OSError        The directory already existed  nothing to do     pass  for txt file in glob iglob    txt        shutil copy2 txt file  dst    I would want it to move all the files in the Blob folder   I am not getting an error  but it is also not moving the files

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Copying the   txt  file from one folder to another is very simple and question contains the logic  Only missing part is substituting with right information as below   import os  shutil  glob  src fldr   r Source Folder Directory path      Edit this  dst fldr    Destiantion Folder Directory path      Edit this  try    os makedirs dst fldr      it creates the destination folder except    print  Folder already exist or some error     below lines of code will copy the file with   txt extension files from  src fldr to dst fldr  for txt file in glob glob src fldr      txt        shutil copy2 txt file  dst fldr

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This should do the trick  Also read the documentation of the shutil module to choose the function that fits your needs  shutil copy    shutil copy2    shutil copyfile   or shutil move      import glob  os  shutil  source dir     path to dir with files   Path where your files are at the moment dst     path to dir for new files   Path you want to move your files to files   glob iglob os path join source dir     txt    for file in files      if os path isfile file           shutil copy2 file  dst

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def copy myfile dirOne to dirSec src  dest  ext         if not os path exists dest        if dest dir is not there then we create here         os makedirs dest                for item in os listdir src           if item endswith ext               s   os path join src  item               fd   open s   r                data   fd read                fd close                             fname   str item    just taking file name to make this name file is destination dir                               d   os path join dest  fname               fd   open d   w                fd write data               fd close             print  quot Files are copyed successfully quot

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Please  take a look at implementation of the copytree function which   List directory files with  names   os listdir src   Copy files with    for name in names    srcname   os path join src  name    dstname   os path join dst  name    copy2 srcname  dstname   Getting dstname is not necessary  because if destination parameter specifies a directory  the file will be copied into dst using the base filename from srcname  Replace copy2 by move

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import shutil  import os  import logging  source     var spools asterisk monitor   dest1     tmp     files   os listdir source   for f in files          shutil move source f  dest1   logging basicConfig filename  app log   filemode  w   format    name s -   levelname s -   message s    logging info  directories moved     A little bit cooked code with log feature  You can also configure this to run at some period of time using crontab        1       python  home yourprogram py  gt   dev null 2 gt  amp 1   runs every hour  cheers

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For example  if I wanted to move all  txt files from one location to another   on a Windows OS for instance   I would do it something like this  import shutil import os glob  inpath    R  demo in   outpath    R  demo out   os chdir inpath  for file in glob glob  quot   txt quot         shutil move inpath     file outpath

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suprised this doesn t have an answer using pathilib which was introduced in python 3 4  additionally  shutil updated in python 3 6 to accept a pathlib object more details in this PEP-0519 Pathlib from pathlib import Path  src path     tmp files to move   for each file in Path src path  glob           grabs all files     trg path   each file parent parent   gets the parent of the folder      each file rename trg path joinpath each file name     moves to parent folder    Pathlib  amp  shutil to copy files  from pathlib import Path import shutil  src path     tmp files to move  trg path     tmp   for src file in Path src path  glob             shutil copy src file  trg path

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Move files with filter  using Path  os shutil modules    from pathlib import Path import shutil import os  src path    media shakil New Volume python src  trg path    media shakil New Volume python trg   for src file in Path src path  glob    txt         shutil move os path join src path src file  trg path

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Try this  import shutil import os      source dir     path to source folder  target dir     path to dest folder       file names   os listdir source dir       for file name in file names      shutil move os path join source dir  file name   target dir

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