How do I copy a file in Python?

Question

How to copy a file in python?

I already read this but found nothing.

Answer 1

@Ritik, You can use the copyfile() function present in shutil:

from shutil import copyfile

copyfile(file_name1, file_name2)

The function copyfile() will copy the contents of file_name1 into file_name2. If file_name2 already exists then it will get replaced, the location of file_name2 must be writable to avoid raising IOError exception.

Note: special files cannot be copied using this function.

Answer 2

By using the below-mentioned code you can copy a file in Python:-

import shutil

shutil.copy2('/src/dir/file.ext', '/dst/dir/newname.ext') 

shutil.copy2('/src/file.ext', '/dst/dir') 

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