Can someone tell me how to copy or move a batch of files to another directory or other directories. The file name is in the list, which is in the text file. I am working on a windows system. The text file contains a list similar to this:
C:\dir1\dir3\dir4\file1.pdf
C:\dir5\dir6\file2.txt
c:\dir7\dir8\dir9\dir10\file3.pdf
... more file names
I tried readline () to read the list of files and shutil.move (src, dest) to move the files, but I donβt know how to transfer the src file correctly without receiving an error. Any suggestions on this will be appreciated? Thank.
I tested using a list of files in which there was only one entry: (Filetest.txt): C: \ Documents and Settings \ Owner \ My Documents \ movetest.txt
import shutil
filein = open('filetest.txt', 'r')
line = filein.readline()
name = 'r' + "'" + line[:len(line) - 1] + "'"
shutil.move(name, 'movetest.txt')
filein.close()`
Traceback:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Python33\Lib\shutil.py", line 522, in move
os.rename(src, real_dst)
OSError: [WinError 123] The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect: 'movetest.txt'
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:/Documents and Settings/Owner/My Documents/Python 3 Programs/MoveTest10.py", line 12, in <module>
shutil.move(name, 'movetest.txt')
File "C:\Python33\Lib\shutil.py", line 534, in move
copy2(src, real_dst)
File "C:\Python33\Lib\shutil.py", line 243, in copy2
copyfile(src, dst, follow_symlinks=follow_symlinks)
File "C:\Python33\Lib\shutil.py", line 109, in copyfile
with open(src, 'rb') as fsrc:
OSError: [Errno 22] Invalid argument: "r'C:\\Documents and Settings\\Owner\\My Documents\\movetest.txt'"
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