Python: How to use RegEx in an if statement?

Question

I have the following code which looks through the files in one directory and copies files that contain a certain string into another directory, but I am trying to use Regula

Answer 1

First you compile the regex, then you have to use it with match, find, or some other method to actually run it against some input.

import os
import re
import shutil

def test():
    os.chdir("C:/Users/David/Desktop/Test/MyFiles")
    files = os.listdir(".")
    os.mkdir("C:/Users/David/Desktop/Test/MyFiles2")
    pattern = re.compile(regex_txt, re.IGNORECASE)
    for x in (files):
        with open((x), 'r') as input_file:
            for line in input_file:
                if pattern.search(line):
                    shutil.copy(x, "C:/Users/David/Desktop/Test/MyFiles2")
                    break