Python Question-Answer
- Write a program that walks through a folder tree and searches for files with a certain file extension (such as .pdf or .jpg). Copy these files from whatever location they are in to a new folder.
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Answer:
import os, shutil
def selectiveCopy(folder, extensions, destFolder):
folder = os.path.abspath(folder)
destFolder = os.path.abspath(destFolder)
print('Looking in', folder, 'for files with extensions of', ', '.join(extensions))
for foldername, subfolders, filenames in os.walk(folder):
for filename in filenames:
name, extension = os.path.splitext(filename)
if extension in extensions:
fileAbsPath = foldername + os.path.sep + filename
print('Coping', fileAbsPath, 'to', destFolder)
shutil.copy(fileAbsPath, destFolder)
extensions = ['.php', '.py']
folder = 'randomFolder'
destFolder = 'selectiveFolder'
selectiveCopy(folder, extensions, destFolder)
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