Moving all files from one directory to another using Python

Question

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.app         


        

Answer 1

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)

Answer 2

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);

Answer 3

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)