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# shutil()

shutil module provides us a number of high-level operations on files. We can copy and remove files and directories. Let’s get started with the module and learn the practical implementation of each of the files in detail.

* <https://www.askpython.com/python-modules/shutil-module>

> Reference : [shutil-High-level file operations official docs](https://docs.python.org/3/library/shutil.html)

### Copy Files

```python
import shutil
 
f=open('data.txt','r')
f1=open('data1.txt','w')
 
# Syntax: shutil.copyfileobj(src,dst)
shutil.copyfileobj(f,f1)
 
f.close()
f1.close()
```

```python
import shutil
#shutil.copy(src.dst)
shutil.copy('data.txt','data1.txt')
```

#### Move(src,dst)

```python
import shutil
import os
 
path='D:\DSCracker\DS Cracker'
print("Source folder:") 
print(os.listdir(path))
 
path1='D:\DSCracker\DS Cracker\Python'
shutil.move('shutil.py','Python')
 
print("After moving file shutil.py to destination folder, destination contains:") 
print(os.listdir(path1))
```

```python
Source folder:
['cs', 'data.txt', 'Python', 'ReverseArray', 'ReverseArray.cpp', 'shutil.py']
After moving file shutill.py to destination folder, destination contains:
['data1.txt', 'data3.txt', 'hey.py', 'nsawk.py', 'shutil.py']
```

### disk\_usage(path)

```python
import shutil
import os
 
path = 'D:\\DSCracker\\DS Cracker\\NewPython\\python1'
 
statistics=shutil.disk_usage(path)
 
print(statistics)

# usage(total=1000203087872, used=9557639168, free=990645448704)
```

### Which()

```python
import shutil
import os
 
cmd='Python'
 
locate = shutil.which(cmd) 
 
print(locate)

# C:\Users\AskPython\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\Python.EXE
```