[Homework] Creating your own copy util for Linux Distributions

vipulcopy

#!/usr/bin/env python3
import sys
import shutil

arg = sys.argv
source = str(arg[1:2])[2:-2]
dest = str(arg[2:3])[2:-2]

print("Source location of the file is {}".format(source))
print("Destination of the file {}".format(dest))

new = shutil.copy(source, dest, follow_symlinks=True)
print("copying ......... DONE!")
print("Files have been moved to {}".format(new))

# instructions: Copy file to /bin directory, run command `sudo chmod 777 vipulcopy` to use this as a command in the terminal
# Author: vipulgupt2048