[ Loop over multiple folders from list with glob.glob ]
How can I loop over a defined list of folders and all of the individual files inside each of those folders?
I'm trying to have it copy all the months in each year folder. But when I run it nothing happens..
import shutil
import glob
P4_destdir = ('Z:/Source P4')
yearlist = ['2014','2015','2016']
for year in yearlist:
for file in glob.glob(r'{0}/*.csv'.format(yearlist)):
print (file)
shutil.copy2(file,P4_destdir)
Answer 1
I think the problem might be that you require a /
in you source path:
import shutil
import glob
P4_destdir = ('Z:/Source P4/')
yearlist = ['2014','2015','2016'] # assuming these files are in the same directory as your code.
for year in yearlist:
for file in glob.glob(r'{0}/*.csv'.format(yearlist)):
print (file)
shutil.copy2(file,P4_destdir)
Another thing that might be a problem is if the destination file does not yet exist. You can create it using os.mkdir
:
import os
dest = os.path.isdir('Z:/Source P4/') # Tests if file exists
if not dest:
os.mkdir('Z:/Source P4/')