Python - making copies of a file

Question

I have a file that I want copied into a directory multiple times. It could be 100, it could be 1000. That's a variable.

I came up with this:

import shutil

count = 0
while (count < 100):
    shutil.copy2('/Users/bubble/Desktop/script.py', '/Users/bubble/Desktop/pics')
    count = count + 1

It puts 1 copy of the file in the directory, but only 1 file. My guess is that it doesn't automatically add a 2,3,4,5 etc onto the end of the file as it would if you were copying and pasting.

Any ideas how to do this?

Regards.

Answer 1

Use str.format:

import shutil

for i in range(100):
    shutil.copy2('/Users/bubble/Desktop/script.py', '/Users/bubble/Desktop/pics/script{}.py'.format(i))

To make it even more useful, one can add the format specifier {:03d} (3 digit numbers, i.e. 001, 002 etc.) or {:04d} (4 digit numbers, i.e. 0001, 0002 etc.) according to their needs as suggested by @Roland Smith.