shutil — Easy Playground

High-level file operations: copy, move, remove trees, archives

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# shutil - high-level file operations
import shutil
print("shutil provides high-level file operations:")
print("  shutil.copy(src, dst)")
print("  shutil.copytree(src, dst)")
print("  shutil.rmtree(path)")
print("  shutil.move(src, dst)")

Output

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The shutil module is part of Python's standard library. High-level file operations: copy, move, remove trees, archives.

Challenge

Try modifying the code above to explore different behaviors. Can you extend the example to handle a new use case?

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