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Apr 12th, 2007

how to copy a file

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Hi,
I'm trying to copy a file in python, I have imported the shutil module
My problem is that I want to copy file in a directory beginning with a certain name. Example I have 5 file in the fodler but i want to copy all the one tat begin with journal.something How could i do that

thanks

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Re: how to copy a file

Create a list of file names that match your criteria:

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import os
 
path_name = 'your_directory'
key = 'journal'
 
nameList = [os.path.join(path_name, n) for n in os.listdir(path_name) \
            if os.path.isfile(os.path.join(path_name, n)) and n.startswith(key)]
import os

path_name = 'your_directory'
key = 'journal'

nameList = [os.path.join(path_name, n) for n in os.listdir(path_name) \
            if os.path.isfile(os.path.join(path_name, n)) and n.startswith(key)]

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Re: how to copy a file

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Hi,
I'm trying to copy a file in python, I have imported the shutil module
My problem is that I want to copy file in a directory beginning with a certain name. Example I have 5 file in the fodler but i want to copy all the one tat begin with journal.something How could i do that

thanks

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import shutil,glob,os
os.chdir("wherefileis")
for FILE in glob.glob("journal*"):
     shutil.copy(FILE, "someotherdir")
import shutil,glob,os
os.chdir("wherefileis")
for FILE in glob.glob("journal*"):
     shutil.copy(FILE, "someotherdir")

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Re: how to copy a file

thx alot for ur help guys

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Re: how to copy a file

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