This Python script is designed to copy files from a source folder to a destination folder while handling file comparisons and user prompts for file replacement.
- Copies files from a source folder to a destination folder
- Compares files by size and MD5 hash to identify differences
- Prompts the user for confirmation when a file with the same name but different content exists in the destination folder
- Displays progress using tqdm progress bar
- Supports command-line arguments for specifying source and destination folders
- Python 3.x
- tqdm library
- Clone the repository or download the script file.
- Install the required dependencies by running the following command:
pip install tqdm
To use the script, run the following command in the terminal:
python copy_folder.py source_folder destination_folder
Replace source_folder with the path to the source folder and destination_folder with the path to the destination folder.
- The script takes two command-line arguments: the source folder path and the destination folder path.
- It iterates through all the files in the source folder and its subfolders using
os.walk(). - For each file, it checks if the file already exists in the destination folder.
- If the file doesn't exist, it copies the file to the destination folder.
- If the file exists and has the same content (compared by size and MD5 hash), it skips the file.
- If the file exists but has different content, it prompts the user to confirm whether to replace the file or keep the existing one.
- The script displays a progress bar using tqdm to indicate the copying progress.
- After copying all the files, it prints a completion message.
This script is released under the Apache License V2.0.
Contributions are welcome! If you find any issues or have suggestions for improvements, please open an issue or submit a pull request.