Step 1

• Create a new Python file in PyCharm by right-clicking the project you created and selecting New → Python File.

Step 2

• Import the OS module.

import os

Step 3

• Create a new directory.

os.mkdir(r"C:\Users\johnd\Downloads\Cars")

Step 4

• Create a file in the newly created directory.

with open(r"C:\Users\johnd\Downloads\Cars\Mustang.txt", "a+") as file:
    pass

Step 5

• Ask the user to provide the file path to copy and assign it to a variable.

path = input("Enter directory path: ")

Step 6

• Ask the user for a file name and assign it to a variable.

file_name = input("Enter file name: ")

Step 7

• Ask the user for a name for the file and assign it to a variable

new_name = input("Enter a new name: ")

Step 8

• Create a txt file to copy and use the system function from the OS module to execute the copy command.
• Note: Make sure to use the appropriate command for your operating system and that your user has the appropriate permissions for the locations of the files.

os.system(r"copy {}\{} {}\{}".format(path, file_name, path, new_name))

Step 9

• Place the create directory line in a try block to check if the directory exists before creating it.

try:

Step 10

• If it exists, print a message informing the user that the directory already exists.

except:
    print("This directory already exists")

Final Code

import os

try:
    os.mkdir(r"C:\Users\johnd\Downloads\Cars")
except:
    print("This directory already exists")
with open(r"C:\Users\johnd\Downloads\Cars\Mustang.txt", "a+") as file:
    pass

path = input("Enter directory path: ")
file_name = input("Enter file name: ")
new_name = input("Enter a new name: ")

os.system(r"copy {}\{} {}\{}".format(path, file_name, path, new_name))