I´m trying to use a variable as part of the output path of a shutil command. Unfortunately I couldn´t work it out how to do it. Can anybody help?
import arcpy
import shutil
Name = arcpy.GetParameterAsText(0)
shutil.copyfile("C:\\test.txt", "C:\\%Name%.txt")
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import arcpy
import shutil
outbasename=arcpy.GetParameterAsText(0)
#outfilename=r"C:\" + outbasename + ".txt" # Original with typo
outfilename = "C:\\" + str(outbasename) + ".txt"
shutil.copyfile("C:\\test.txt",outfilename)
this is how I would do it in arcpy in a script tool
outfilename = "C:\\" + str(outbasename) + ".txt"
outfilename="C:\\%s.txt" % (outbasename) The %s means that a string is substituted at that location from the tuple that follows (in this case containing only the variable outbasename, which will be coerced to a string).
Have a look at the os.path namespace for common pathname manipulations. I would also parameterize the input file and output locations instead of hardcoding them but of course that's up to you.
I would do something like this:
import arcpy, os, shutil
inputfile = arcpy.GetParameterAsText(0)
ext = os.path.splitext(inputfile)[1] # returns file extension, e.g. ".txt"
outbasename = arcpy.GetParameterAsText(1)
outfolder = arcpy.GetParameterAsText(2)
outfilename = os.path.join(outfolder, outbasename + ext)
shutil.copyfile(inputfile, outfilename)
