In this tutorial, we’ll learn how to program "How to Copy Contents to Another Text File in Python." We’ll focus on copying the contents from one text file to another. The objective is to copy the content safely and accurately to a new text file. A sample program will be provided to demonstrate the coding process.

This topic is straightforward to understand. Just follow the instructions, and you’ll be able to do it yourself with ease. The program I’ll show you demonstrates the correct way to copy content from one file to another efficiently. So, let’s start coding!

Getting Started:

First you will have to download & install the Python IDLE's, here's the link for the Integrated Development And Learning Environment for Python https://www.python.org/downloads/.

Creating Main Function

This is the main function of the application. The following code will display a simple GUI in terminal console that will display program. To do this, simply copy and paste these blocks of code into the IDLE text editor.

1. import
   
   shutil
   
2. 
   
3. def
   
   append_files_method2(
   
   file1_path,
   
   file2_path)
   
   :
   
4. with
   
   open
   
   (
   
   file1_path,
   
   'r'
   
   )
   
   as
   
   file1:
   
5. with
   
   open
   
   (
   
   file2_path,
   
   'a'
   
   )
   
   as
   
   file2:
   
6. shutil
   
   .copyfileobj
   
   (
   
   file1,
   
   file2)
   
7. 
   
8. while
   
   True
   
   :
   
9. print
   
   (
   
   "\n
   
   ================= Copy Contents to another Text File =================\n
   
   \n
   
   "
   
   )
   
10. 
    
11. file1_path =
    
    'sample1.txt'
    
12. file2_path =
    
    'sample2.txt'
    
13. append_files_method2(
    
    file1_path,
    
    file2_path)
    
14. print
    
    (
    
    "Copied File Content Successfully!"
    
    )
    
15. 
    
16. opt =
    
    input
    
    (
    
    "\n
    
    Do you want to try again?(yes/no): "
    
    )
    
17. 
    
18. if
    
    opt.lower
    
    (
    
    )
    
    ==
    
    'yes'
    
    :
    
19. ret=
    
    False
    
20. elif
    
    opt.lower
    
    (
    
    )
    
    ==
    
    'no'
    
    :
    
21. ret=
    
    True
    
22. print
    
    (
    
    "Exiting program...."
    
    )
    
23. 
    
24. else
    
    :
    
25. print
    
    (
    
    "Please enter yes/no:"
    
    )
    
26. break
    
27. 
    
28. if
    
    ret ==
    
    False
    
    :
    
29. continue
    

This program copies the contents from one text file, sample1.txt, and appends them to another text file, sample2.txt, using Python's shutil.copyfileobj() function. It opens sample1.txt in read mode and sample2.txt in append mode, so new content is added without overwriting existing data. The program repeats this process based on user input until the user decides to exit.

Output:


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