Repeatedly create files with counter in Python

Question

Bascially what I want to do is writing a python script that creates files with a count-number in the filename, "file 1.txt" "file 2.txt" "file 3.txt" for example.

I have come this far:

import shutil, os, itertools


for i in itertools.count():
    file = open("FILE " + str(i) + ".txt", 'w+')
    print(i)
    time.sleep(1)

Basically what I can do is count, but the file creation is my problem. open() doesnt seem to work.How do i create these files and how can I choose the directorys to store the files?

Possible duplicate of [Creating files and directories via Python](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11700593/creating-files-and-directories-via-python) — Christoph Bluoss, Dec 02 '16 at 14:14
Works on my machine. Python 3.3 You will have to navigate to the directory you want the files created in with `os.chdir` — Patrick Haugh, Dec 02 '16 at 14:14

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 02 '16 at 14:15

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import shutil, os, itertools
import time

dirpath = 'c:\\usr\\'
for i in itertools.count():
    file = open(dirpath+"FILE " + str(i) + ".txt", 'w+')
    print(i)
    time.sleep(1)

This will work. And your code works fine. I just added the directory path

answered Dec 02 '16 at 14:15

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Damn I only needed a path... Thanks though!! – diatomym Dec 02 '16 at 14:18

SparkAndShine · Answer 2 · 2016-12-02T14:33:44.573

If you work on Python 3.4+, try pathlib.Path(...).touch,

import os
from pathlib import Path
import itertools

for i in itertools.count():
    filename = ''.join(['FILE', str(i), '.txt'])
    Path(os.path.join(dir, filename).touch()

In Python2, I think using the with statement is better.

import os
import itertools

for i in itertools.count():
    filename = ''.join(['FILE', str(i), '.txt'])
    with open(os.path.join(dir, filename), 'w'):
        pass

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 02 '16 at 14:35

import os

number = 0
valid = False
while not valid:
    usrInput = raw_input("How much candy?: ")
    try:
        int(usrInput)
        valid = True
    except:
        print "NUMBER of candys!!"
        pass
 while number < int(usrInput):
    number +=1 
    createFile = open('P:/' + str(number) + '.txt', 'w+')
    createFile.write("whatever you want")
    createFile.close()

I hope this helps

Repeatedly create files with counter in Python

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