Python: Move only file who filename match with the current date in another dir

Question

I have this situation:

On my HD i have this kind of directory structure:

   root>
   root>dir1>05-13-2018_xxxxxxxx.TXT<br>
   root>dir1>05-14-2018_xxxxxxxx.TXT <-- today file to copy in another dir<br>
   root>dir2>05-13-2018_xxxxxxxx.TXT<br>
   root>dir2>05-14-2018_xxxxxxxx.TXT <-- today file to copy in another dir<br>
   root>dir3>ecc...

i have formatted a python variable who reflect the today date like this data_oggi = str(datetime.datetime.today().strftime('%m-%d-%Y')) i need to scan all subdirs and move the file with match date in filename in another dir...
I'm in empasse,
can anybody help me?
Thank guys for every support.

Did you go through this : https://stackoverflow.com/a/40755802/5413146 ? — Sandesh Gupta, May 14 '18 at 08:59

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered May 14 '18 at 09:46

The best way would be using glob module to list all matching files in your source directory and moving them to the destination using shutil.

I hope following will be helpful:

import os

import shutil

import datetime

import glob

BASE = "/root/"

DESTINATION = '/root/test2'

os.path.exists(DESTINATION) or os.makedirs(DESTINATION)

# DIR = 'dir1'
DIR = 'dir1'


def get_file_key():
    """
    Builds file identifier
    """
    return str(datetime.datetime.today().strftime('%m-%d-%Y'))

def move_file(file_path):
    try:
        shutil.move(file_path, DESTINATION)
    except:
        print('file exists....')


if __name__ == '__main__':

    file_for_today = get_file_key()
    files = glob.glob(BASE + '/**/{key}*.txt'.format(key=file_for_today), recursive=True)

    for file in files:
        move_file(file)

Thank you so much Mr.Sijan!!This work like a charm and fit my need!!You save my day! — Alessandro Lanciotti, May 16 '18 at 08:37

Python: Move only file who filename match with the current date in another dir

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