How do I copy files with specific file extension to a folder in my python (version 2.5) script?

Question

I'd like to copy the files that have a specific file extension to a new folder. I have an idea how to use os.walk but specifically how would I go about using that? I'm searching for the files with a specific file extension in only one folder (this folder has 2 subdirectories but the files I'm looking for will never be found in these 2 subdirectories so I don't need to search in these subdirectories). Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

import glob, os, shutil  files = glob.iglob(os.path.join(source_dir, "*.ext")) for file in files:     if os.path.isfile(file):         shutil.copy2(file, dest_dir) 

Read the documentation of the shutil module to choose the function that fits your needs (shutil.copy(), shutil.copy2() or shutil.copyfile()).

Answer 2

If you're not recursing, you don't need walk().

Federico's answer with glob is fine, assuming you aren't going to have any directories called ‘something.ext’. Otherwise try:

import os, shutil  for basename in os.listdir(srcdir):     if basename.endswith('.ext'):         pathname = os.path.join(srcdir, basename)         if os.path.isfile(pathname):             shutil.copy2(pathname, dstdir)