How to move files from one directory to another in Python

The following code will help you if you want move files/folders from one folder or directory to another.

For example you have the following list of files/folders in directory "C:\codes" (source) and you want to move all the files/folders to a source directory "C:\codes_new"

Before move:

Source Directory:

Destination Directory:

FInd the code below

import shutil
import os

source_directory = 'C:\codes\\'
destination_directory = 'C:\codes_new\\'

files = os.listdir(source_directory)    # find all files
for f in files:     # Move files one by one to destination_directory
    src = os.path.join(source_directory, f)
    dst = os.path.join(destination_directory, f)
    shutil.move(src, dst)   # Move files

Once you run the above code, all the files and folders will move from "C:\codes" to "C:\codes_new" . Noe check out folders below

After move:

Source Directory:

Destination Directory:

The same script works on Linux as well