Moving all files from one directory to another using Python

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.

Blob

4 Answers
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Try this..

import shutil
import os

source = '/path/to/source_folder'
dest1 = '/path/to/dest_folder'


files = os.listdir(source)

for f in files:
shutil.move(source+f, dest1)


source

dest1

os.path.join()

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);


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)


Please, take a look at implementation of the copytree function which:

List directory files with:

names = os.listdir(src)

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)

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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