Introduction
Welcome to my 87th blog post on the Python coding journey. On day 87, I learned about a new module called 'Shutil' that help you to interface and automate files and directories in a very efficient manner. Let's dive into more details and understand the 'Shutil' module in Python in this blog post.
So let's get started......
Shutil Module
It provides a higher-level interface to work with files and directories.
The name "shutil" is short for shell utility.
Using Shutil Module we can automate tasks conveniently that are commonly performed on files and directories.
Functions of 'Shutil' Module
The following are some of the most commonly used functions in the shutil module:
shutil.copy(src, dst): It copies the file located at source (src) to a new location specified by destination (dst). If the destination already exists, then the original file is overwritten.shutil.copy2(src, dst): It is similar to shutil.copy(src, dst), but it also preserves more metadata about the original file, such as the timestamp.shutil.copytree(src, dst): This function recursively copies the directory located at src to a new location specified by dst. If the destination location already exists, the original directory will be merged with it.shutil.move(src, dst): This function moves the file located to a new location. This function is equivalent to renaming a file in most cases.shutil.rmtree(path): This function recursively deletes the directory located at path, along with all of its contents.
Example -
Here is the below example in which we take a look at the use of the 'Shutil' Module.
import shutil
# Copying a file
shutil.copy("src.txt", "dst.txt")
# Copying a directory
shutil.copytree("src_dir", "dst_dir")
# Moving a file
shutil.move("src.txt", "dst.txt")
# Deleting a directory
shutil.rmtree("dir")
In this way, we saw how we can use the shutil module to provides perform common file and directory-related tasks in Python.
Resources Used
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Conclusion
Thanks, guys for going through this blog post. On day 87, I learned about the 'shutil' module in Python. This can be used to automate tasks related to files and directories in Python. This module can be used as a powerful tool by any Python developer in their toolkit.
Thank you if you read this post and have found this post useful. I hope you have joined me and are enjoying my magical journey of Python coding. This is it for Day #87
See you in the next one.....
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