Shutil Module

In this tutorial we learn about the shutil library,it gives the facilitated operation over the file and it is the very essential module of python .

What is Shutil Module

The shutil Module offers several functions to deal with the files and their collections,it provides full control over the file.

Syntax

import shutil
shutil.submodule_name(arguments)

Demonstrations of Shutil Module

which() show the directory

>>> import shutil
>>> shutil.which("python")
'C:\\Users\\ASUS\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Python\\Python38-32\\python.EXE'
>>> shutil.which("python3")
'C:\\Users\\ASUS\\AppData\\Local\\Microsoft\\WindowsApps\\python3.EXE

move() to move a file

Below is the program we use move() to relocate a file one to another destination.

>>>import shutil
>>> shutil.move("C:\\Users\\ASUS\\Desktop\\test.py","D:\\")
'D:\\test.py'
>>>

Copy() to copy the file

>>>import shutil
>>> shutil.copy("C:\\Users\\ASUS\\Desktop\\test.txt","D:\\")
'D:\\test.txt'
>>>

rmtree() to delete the from directory

>>> import shutil
>>> shutil.rmtree("C:\\Users\\ASUS\\Desktop\\test")
>>>