Working with files in Python (part 2) - shutil, move2trash, os

In this memo I'll save some common methods related to shutil, move2trash modules and some more from os module.

shutil.

import shutil

shutil.copy('source', 'destination') - copies file or directory

shutil.copytree('source', 'destination') - copies directory with all subdirectories & files

shutil.move('source', 'destination') - moves file or directory

shutil.remtree(path) - remove directory with all subdirectories

send2trash.

import send2trash

send2trash.send2trash(path) - moves file or directory to the bin

os.

import os

os.walk(path) - returns list of all directories, subdirectories and files

os.unlink(path) - permanently deletes file

os.rmdir(path) - permanently removes directory