How do I copy a file in Python?

You can use Python shutil module to copy files in Python as shown in the below example –

Function	Copies metadata	Copies permissions	Uses file object	Destination may be directory
shutil.copy	No	Yes	No	Yes
shutil.copyfile	No	No	No	No
shutil.copy2	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
shutil.copyfileobj	No	No	Yes	No

from shutil import copyfile,copy

copyfile(<source>, <target>)

## or 

copy(<source>, <target>)

from shutil import copyfile,copy

copyfile(, )

## or

copy(, )

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