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Moving a file from one location to another in Python. Getting a dst error

I'm trying to move a file from one folder to another using Python. I've tried using shutil, os.replace, os.rename but I'm getting the same error each time of TypeError: move() missing 1 required positional argument: 'dst' enter image description here

Here is a snippet of my code (made ambiguous to avoid displaying sensitive info):

import os
import shutil

filename = f"fileNamePlaceholder"
directory = f"originalFileLocation"
destination = f"newFileLocation"

shutil.move(f'"{directory}{filename}","{destination}"')

Pretty basic, but I get the TypeError: move() missing 1 required positional argument: 'dst' error each time. I've tried pasting the output into the command line, and it does work and moves the file, but when I try to run it directly, I get the error. I've also tried the os library to move the file, but the 'dst' error as well. This should be pretty basic but I just can't get it to work.

Note: I'm working on Windows 10, in a Linux Bash Shell.

Solution

  • take care to your quotes, you have a single argument in your shutil.move():

    you wrote: shutil.move(f'"{directory}{filename}","{destination}"')

    should be shutil.move(f"{directory}{filename}",f"{destination}")