Copy all JPG file in a directory to another directory in Python?

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I want to copy all my JPG files in one directory to a new directory. How can I solve this in Python?I just start to learn Python.

Thanks for your reply.

Take a look at these questions which are similar to yours and try out one of the solutions- stackoverflow.com/questions/123198/… stackoverflow.com/questions/2951659/… stackoverflow.com/questions/3397752/… — geeky_bat
– geeky_bat, Commented Aug 10, 2012 at 13:52

Jolly Jumper · Accepted Answer · 2012-08-10 13:50:39Z

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Of course Python offers all the tools you need. To copy files, you can use shutil.copy(). To find all JPEG files in the source directory, you can use glob.iglob().

import glob
import shutil
import os

src_dir = "your/source/dir"
dst_dir = "your/destination/dir"
for jpgfile in glob.iglob(os.path.join(src_dir, "*.jpg")):
    shutil.copy(jpgfile, dst_dir)

Note that this will overwrite all files with matching names in the destination directory.

answered Aug 10, 2012 at 13:50

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fakelbst Over a year ago

Thanks a lot. It can work success.But it seem doesn't work for the JPG files in child directory.If I want to get all JPG(include the child directory) How can make it?

Jolly Jumper Over a year ago

@Seventeenager: You would need to use os.walk() to walk the whole directory tree – see the example in the documentation.

skpaik · Accepted Answer · 2020-11-02 20:10:23Z

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Just use the following code

import shutil, os
files = ['file1.txt', 'file2.txt', 'file3.txt']
for f in files:
    shutil.copy(f, 'dest_folder')

N.B.: You're in the current directory. If You have a different directory, then add the path in the files list. i.e:

files = ['/home/bucket/file1.txt', '/etc/bucket/file2.txt', '/var/bucket/file3.txt']

edited Nov 2, 2020 at 20:10

answered Aug 22, 2019 at 11:36

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Display name Over a year ago

doesn't define source location as was requested

skpaik Over a year ago

@Displayname Current directory is the source file.

Jat · Accepted Answer · 2014-03-27 02:33:20Z

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import shutil 
import os 

for file in os.listdir(path):
    if file.endswith(".jpg"):
       src_dir = "your/source/dir"
       dst_dir = "your/dest/dir"
       shutil.move(src_dir,dst_dir)

answered Mar 27, 2014 at 2:33

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Crayons Over a year ago

os.listdir(path) -- here path is not defined

Sociopath · Accepted Answer · 2019-05-14 06:44:04Z

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for jpgfile in glob.iglob(os.path.join(src_dir, "*", "*.jpg")):
    shutil.copy(jpgfile, dst_dir)

You should write "**" before ".jpg" to search child directories. more "" means more subdirectory to search

edited May 14, 2019 at 6:44

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answered Jan 5, 2013 at 10:46

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