shutil — Easy Examples

High-level file operations: copy, move, remove trees, archives

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Getting started with shutil

Basic import and usage of the shutil module.

python
# shutil - high-level file operations
import shutil
print("shutil provides high-level file operations:")
print("  shutil.copy(src, dst)")
print("  shutil.copytree(src, dst)")
print("  shutil.rmtree(path)")
print("  shutil.move(src, dst)")

The shutil module is part of Python's standard library. High-level file operations: copy, move, remove trees, archives.

Common shutil operations

Frequently used functions from the shutil module.

python
# More shutil examples
import shutil

print(f"shutil module loaded successfully")
print(f"Location: {shutil.__name__}")
print(f"Has {len(dir(shutil))} attributes")

These are the most commonly used features of the shutil module.

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