How to move file/files from one folder to another in Scala

Question

I am new to Scala.

I\'ve Googled a lot on how to move files in Scala, but have only found how to move files in Java. I tried to move files using Java import Java.io

Answer 1

os-lib makes it easy to copy files from one directory to another:

os.list(os.pwd/"public").map(os.move.into(_, os.pwd/"pub2"))

The java.io and java.nio libraries are generally difficult to work with (although not that ugly for this particular operation). It's best to rely on os-lib for filesystem operations.

os.move.into takes two arguments: the file that's being moved and the destination directory.

This code is flexible and easily modifiable. You could easily update it to only move files with a certain file extension.

See here for more info on how to use os-lib.