Sometimes, we want to move a file in Python.
In this article, we’ll look at how to move a file in Python.
How to move a file in Python?
To move a file in Python, we can use os.rename, os.replace or shutil.move.
For instance, we write
import os
import shutil
os.rename("path/to/current/file.foo", "path/to/destination/for/file.foo")
os.replace("path/to/current/file.foo", "path/to/destination/for/file.foo")
shutil.move("path/to/current/file.foo", "path/to/destination/for/file.foo")
to call os.rename, os.replace, and shutil.move with the source and destination paths.
We move the file from the source path to the destination path with all 3 methods.
Conclusion
To move a file in Python, we can use os.rename, os.replace or shutil.move.
