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Kenni
Kenni

Reputation: 457

Python open .py file in a script: save .py-file with new name

I want to open an existing .py file within a python-script. Then i want to save that file but with a new filename. The result should be 2 identical .py files with different names. Would be great, if somebody could explain me how that works. Thank you

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2812

Answers (3)

Vedang Mehta
Vedang Mehta

Reputation: 2254

This might be helpful -

with open(file1, 'r') as f1, open(file2, 'w') as f2:
    f2.write(f1.read())

Upvotes: 1

jDo
jDo

Reputation: 4010

with open("source_file", "rb") as f1:
    with open("destination_file", "wb") as f2:
        f2.write(f1.read())

The result is two identical files:

$ md5sum source_file 
65ebdbfe37cc2d221498be0745c85d37  source_file
$ md5sum destination_file 
65ebdbfe37cc2d221498be0745c85d37  destination_file

Upvotes: 4

gr1zzly be4r
gr1zzly be4r

Reputation: 2162

This should do what you're looking for. 

with open('first_file.py', 'r') as input:
    output = open('copy_file.py', 'w')
    output.write(input.read())

Upvotes: 2

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