Copy a File & Increment File Count

[xingfang]

Hi guys,

I try to create a script with the following code but getting errors. Can some one help? Why the main() can't be used with the import?

Basically the script is to create a copy of file from "581_nestedclipsdrag.swf" with a new file name with the count of 10 files, e.g. file-1 to file-10.

root@lab:/tmp/create# python ./testDup.py
File "./testDup.py", line 5
import shutil
^
IndentationError: expected an indented block

#!/usr/bin/env python

def main():
import shutil
for i in range(10):
newPath = shutil.copy('581_nestedclipsdrag.swf', 'file-%s.swf' % i)

if __name__== "__main__":
main()

[DeaD_EyE]

You should put code into bb-code-tags. Otherwise white space / indentation is lost.


Fix your indentation. Don't use tabulator, use white space.
Put import statements on the top of the file.
Don't use import statements in functions or classes.
Use new-style formatting with the format method.
Use Arguments in your function.
Use Python 3.

#!/usr/bin/env python3

"""
Description what the code does
"""
import shutil


def main(source):
    fmt = 'file-{}.swf'
    for i in range(10):
        target = fmt.format(i)
        shutil.copy(source, target)


if __name__== "__main__":
    main('581_nestedclipsdrag.swf')