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I am trying to use a shutil script I found, but running it receives SyntaxError: unterminated string literal (detected at line 4). Any assistance would be appreciated to fixing this or new scripttriggers:

import shutil import os source = r"C:\Users\[username]\Downloads\" dest1 = r" C:\Users\[username]\Desktop\Reports\14" dest2 = r" C:\Users\[username]\Desktop\Reports\52" dest3 = r" C:\Users\[username]\Desktop\Reports\59" files = os.listdir(source) for f in files: if (f.startswith("Log 14"))SyntaxError:  shutil.move(f, dest1) unterminated string elifliteral (f.startswith("Log 54")): detected at shutil.move(f,line dest24)

This is maybe related to the script containing raw windows paths. How do I fix the script?

import shutil import os source = r"C:\Users\[username]\Downloads\" dest1 = r" C:\Users\[username]\Desktop\Reports\14" dest2 = r" C:\Users\[username]\Desktop\Reports\52" dest3 = r" C:\Users\[username]\Desktop\Reports\59" files = os.listdir(source) for f in files: if (f.startswith("Log 14")): shutil.move(f, dest1) elif (f.startswith("Log 54")): shutil.move(f, dest2)

I am trying to use a shutil script I found but it receives SyntaxError: unterminated string literal (detected at line 4). Any assistance would be appreciated to fixing this or new script

import shutil import os source = r"C:\Users\[username]\Downloads\" dest1 = r" C:\Users\[username]\Desktop\Reports\14" dest2 = r" C:\Users\[username]\Desktop\Reports\52" dest3 = r" C:\Users\[username]\Desktop\Reports\59" files = os.listdir(source) for f in files: if (f.startswith("Log 14")):  shutil.move(f, dest1)  elif (f.startswith("Log 54")):  shutil.move(f, dest2)

I am trying to use a shutil script I found, but running it triggers:

SyntaxError: unterminated string literal (detected at line 4)

This is maybe related to the script containing raw windows paths. How do I fix the script?

import shutil import os source = r"C:\Users\[username]\Downloads\" dest1 = r" C:\Users\[username]\Desktop\Reports\14" dest2 = r" C:\Users\[username]\Desktop\Reports\52" dest3 = r" C:\Users\[username]\Desktop\Reports\59" files = os.listdir(source) for f in files: if (f.startswith("Log 14")): shutil.move(f, dest1) elif (f.startswith("Log 54")): shutil.move(f, dest2)

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duplicates list edited from Why can't Python's raw string literals end with a single backslash? to Why can't Python's raw string literals end with a single backslash?, How should I write a Windows path in a Python string literal?

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duplicates list edited from In python SyntaxError: EOL while scanning string literal [duplicate] to Why can't Python's raw string literals end with a single backslash?

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Post Closed as "Duplicate" by Trenton McKinney python

In python SyntaxError: EOL while scanning string literal [duplicate]

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I am trying to use a shutil script I found but it receives SyntaxError: unterminated string literal (detected at line 4). Any assistance would be appreciated to fixing this or new script

import shutil import os source = r"C:\Users\[username]\Downloads\" dest1 = r" C:\Users\[username]\Desktop\Reports\14" dest2 = r" C:\Users\[username]\Desktop\Reports\52”\Users\[username]\Desktop\Reports\52" dest3 = r" C:\Users\[username]\Desktop\Reports\59”\Users\[username]\Desktop\Reports\59" files = os.listdir(source) for f in files: if (f.startswith("Log 14")): shutil.move(f, dest1) elif (f.startswith("Log 54")): shutil.move(f, dest2)

I am trying to use a shutil script I found but it receives SyntaxError: unterminated string literal (detected at line 4). Any assistance would be appreciated to fixing this or new script

import shutil import os source = r"C:\Users\[username]\Downloads\" dest1 = r" C:\Users\[username]\Desktop\Reports\14" dest2 = r" C:\Users\[username]\Desktop\Reports\52” dest3 = r" C:\Users\[username]\Desktop\Reports\59” files = os.listdir(source) for f in files: if (f.startswith("Log 14")): shutil.move(f, dest1) elif (f.startswith("Log 54")): shutil.move(f, dest2)

I am trying to use a shutil script I found but it receives SyntaxError: unterminated string literal (detected at line 4). Any assistance would be appreciated to fixing this or new script

import shutil import os source = r"C:\Users\[username]\Downloads\" dest1 = r" C:\Users\[username]\Desktop\Reports\14" dest2 = r" C:\Users\[username]\Desktop\Reports\52" dest3 = r" C:\Users\[username]\Desktop\Reports\59" files = os.listdir(source) for f in files: if (f.startswith("Log 14")): shutil.move(f, dest1) elif (f.startswith("Log 54")): shutil.move(f, dest2)

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Raw strings containing Windows paths produce SyntaxError"SyntaxError: unterminated string literalliteral"

I am trying to use a shutil script I found but it receives "SyntaxError: unterminated string literal (detected at line 4)" errorSyntaxError: unterminated string literal (detected at line 4). Any assistance would be appreciated to fixing this or new script

import shutil import os source = r"C:\Users\[username]\Downloads\" dest1 = r" C:\Users\[username]\Desktop\Reports\14" dest2 = r" C:\Users\[username]\Desktop\Reports\52” dest3 = r" C:\Users\[username]\Desktop\Reports\59” files = os.listdir(source) for f in files: if (f.startswith("Log 14")): shutil.move(f, dest1) elif (f.startswith("Log 54")): shutil.move(f, dest2)

Raw strings containing Windows paths produce SyntaxError: unterminated string literal

I am trying to use a shutil script I found but it receives "SyntaxError: unterminated string literal (detected at line 4)" error. Any assistance would be appreciated to fixing this or new script

import shutil import os source = r"C:\Users\[username]\Downloads\" dest1 = r" C:\Users\[username]\Desktop\Reports\14" dest2 = r" C:\Users\[username]\Desktop\Reports\52” dest3 = r" C:\Users\[username]\Desktop\Reports\59” files = os.listdir(source) for f in files: if (f.startswith("Log 14")): shutil.move(f, dest1) elif (f.startswith("Log 54")): shutil.move(f, dest2)

Raw strings containing Windows paths produce "SyntaxError: unterminated string literal"

I am trying to use a shutil script I found but it receives SyntaxError: unterminated string literal (detected at line 4). Any assistance would be appreciated to fixing this or new script

import shutil import os source = r"C:\Users\[username]\Downloads\" dest1 = r" C:\Users\[username]\Desktop\Reports\14" dest2 = r" C:\Users\[username]\Desktop\Reports\52” dest3 = r" C:\Users\[username]\Desktop\Reports\59” files = os.listdir(source) for f in files: if (f.startswith("Log 14")): shutil.move(f, dest1) elif (f.startswith("Log 54")): shutil.move(f, dest2)

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