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import shutil
import os


    

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os.makedirs('temp/dir1/dir', exist_ok=True)
os.makedirs('temp/dir2', exist_ok=True)


    

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with open('temp/dir1/file.txt', 'w') as f:
    f.write('original')


    

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print(os.listdir('temp/dir1/'))


    

    




['file.txt', 'dir']

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print(os.listdir('temp/dir2/'))


    

    




[]

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new_path = shutil.move('temp/dir1/file.txt', 'temp/dir2/')


    

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print(new_path)


    

    




temp/dir2/file.txt

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print(os.listdir('temp/dir1/'))


    

    




['dir']

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print(os.listdir('temp/dir2/'))


    

    




['file.txt']

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# new_path = shutil.move('temp/dir2/file.txt', 'temp/dir1/new_dir/')
# FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'temp/dir1/new_dir/'


    

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new_path = shutil.move('temp/dir1/dir/', 'temp/dir2/')


    

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print(new_path)


    

    




temp/dir2/dir

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print(os.listdir('temp/dir1/'))


    

    




[]

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print(os.listdir('temp/dir2/'))


    

    




['file.txt', 'dir']

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new_path = shutil.move('temp/dir2/file.txt', 'temp/dir1/file_new.txt')


    

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print(new_path)


    

    




temp/dir1/file_new.txt

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print(os.listdir('temp/dir1/'))


    

    




['file_new.txt']

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print(os.listdir('temp/dir2/'))


    

    




['dir']

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# new_path = shutil.move('temp/dir1/file_new.txt', 'temp/dir2/dir_new/file_new.txt')
# FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'temp/dir2/dir_new/file_new.txt'


    

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new_path = shutil.move('temp/dir2/dir/', 'temp/dir1/dir_new/')


    

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print(new_path)


    

    




temp/dir1/dir_new/

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print(os.listdir('temp/dir1/'))


    

    




['dir_new', 'file_new.txt']

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print(os.listdir('temp/dir2/'))


    

    




[]

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new_path = shutil.move('temp/dir1/dir_new', 'temp/dir2/dir_new/dir_new2/')


    

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print(new_path)


    

    




temp/dir2/dir_new/dir_new2/

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print(os.listdir('temp/dir1/'))


    

    




['file_new.txt']

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print(os.listdir('temp/dir2/'))


    

    




['dir_new']

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print(os.listdir('temp/dir2/dir_new/'))


    

    




['dir_new2']

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with open('temp/dir2/file_other.txt', 'w') as f:
    f.write('other')


    

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new_path = shutil.move('temp/dir1/file_new.txt', 'temp/dir2/file_other.txt')


    

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print(new_path)


    

    




temp/dir2/file_other.txt

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print(os.listdir('temp/dir1/'))


    

    




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print(os.listdir('temp/dir2/'))


    

    




['file_other.txt', 'dir_new']

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with open('temp/dir2/file_other.txt') as f:
    print(f.read())


    

    




original

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shutil.rmtree('temp/dir1/')
shutil.rmtree('temp/dir2/')