Move and replace if same file name already exists?

Question

Here is below code which will move and replace individual file:

import shutil import os src = 'scrFolder' dst = './dstFolder/' filelist = []  files = os.listdir( src ) for filename in files:     filelist.append(filename)     fullpath = src + '/' + filename     shutil.move(fullpath, dst) 

If I execute same command and moving file which already existed in dst folder, I am getting shutil.Error: Destination path './dstFolder/file.txt' already exists. How to do move and replace if same file name already exists?

Answer 1

If you specify the full path to the destination (not just the directory) then shutil.move will overwrite any existing file:

shutil.move(os.path.join(src, filename), os.path.join(dst, filename))