How to move a file in Python

Question

I looked into the Python os interface but was unable to locate a method to move a file. How would I do the equivalent of $ mv ... in Python?

>>> source_files = '/PATH/TO/FOLDER/*'

>>> destination_folder = 'PATH/TO/FOLDER'

>>> # equivalent of $ mv source_files destination_folder

Answer 1

You can use os.rename() or shutil.move()for moving a file in Python

See the code below while both employ the same syntax:-

import os

import shutil 

os.rename("path/to/current/file.foo", "path/to/new/destination/for/file.foo") shutil.move("path/to/current/file.foo", "path/to/new/destination/for/file.foo") 

To know more about this you can have a look at the following video tutorial:-