Copy and move files in Python?

Question

What's the best way to copy and move files in python to a different directory, and overwrite those files in the destination if they already exist?

Already [asked](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/123198/how-do-i-copy-a-file-in-python)? — Onlyjus, Sep 09 '12 at 00:47

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 09 '12 at 00:47

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answered Sep 09 '12 at 00:47

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 09 '12 at 17:43

file1=open('insert directory here').readlines()
file2=open('insert directory here', 'w')
file2.write(file1)

If either of the directories have spaces in them do this:

directory='insert directory here'
directory=directory.rstrip()

Then use the variable directory as you would use the 'insert directory here'.

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