How to copy multiple files using wild cards in Python?

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I'm trying to copy files from one folder to another using multiple source locations and wildcards as a part of filenames, but for some reason glob.glob is not working as I have expected (there are only single files per wildcard but version of the snapshot is changing) - getting an error need string or buffer, list found.

Part of the python code for that looks like:

content=[]
tomcatFiles=[]

def addToContent(srcFile, destFile):
    info={'src': srcFile, 'dest': destFile}
    content.append(info)

def addToTomcatFile(srcFile, destFile):
    info={'src': srcFile, 'dest': destFile}
    tomcatFiles.append(info)

def main():
    baseDir=sys.argv[1]
    intellijProjDir=sys.argv[2]

    deploy_dir=baseDir+'/TransferFiles'
    working_dir=intellijProjDir
    tomcatDir=deploy_dir+"/tomcat"

    addToTomcatFile('/project1/target/project1*.war', '/tomcat/project1.war')
    addToTomcatFile('/project2/target/project2*.war', '/tomcat/project2.war')
    addToTomcatFile('/projectX/target/projectX*.war', '/tomcat/projectX.war')

    for infoObj in tomcatFiles:
        addToContent(infoObj['src'], infoObj['dest'])

    for infoObj in content:
        shutil.copy2(glob.glob(working_dir + infoObj['src']), deploy_dir + infoObj['dest'])
        print('Copied ' + infoObj['dest'])

Please read minimal reproducible example. The minimal code to show this problem is literally one line: shutil.copy2(glob.glob('foo*'), 'bar'). — wjandrea
– wjandrea, Commented Apr 20, 2019 at 1:11

wjandrea · Accepted Answer · 2019-04-20 01:18:35Z

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shutil.copy2 requires a string (or buffer) for its src argument, not a list. Since you're sure there will only ever be one match, get the first item returned by glob.glob, i.e. glob.glob(...)[0].

edited Apr 20, 2019 at 1:18

answered Apr 20, 2019 at 0:42

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djhaskin987 · Accepted Answer · 2019-04-20 01:30:49Z

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Like this:

for f in glob.glob('foo*'):
    shutil.copy2(f, 'bar')

answered Apr 20, 2019 at 1:30

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