Typeerror: Write() Argument Must Be Str, Not _io.textiowrapper

How can I copy a file to another file? The code I’m using is: FileX = open('X.txt','r') FileY = open('Y.txt','w') X = FileX FileY.write(FileX) FileX.close() FileY.close() Which

Solution 1:

FileX is currently a file pointer, not the context of X.txt. To copy everything from X.txt to Y.txt, you will need to use FileX.read() to write the read content of FileX:

FileY.write(FileX.read())

Perhaps you should also look into using a with statement,

withopen("X.txt","r") as FileX, open("Y.txt","w") as FileY:
    FileY.write(FileX.read())
# the files will close automatically

And also as suggested by a comment, you should use the shutil module for copying files and/or directories,

import shutil
shutil.copy('X.txt', 'T.txt')
# use shutil.copy2 if you want to make an identical copy preserving all metadata

Solution 2:

str = FileX.readLines()

FileY.write(str)

, pass string instead of the File