A short python script to recursively search for files starting with a name and a format, and then move them to a destination folder

search_and_move_files.py

import os
import shutil
import logging

logging.basicConfig(format='%(levelname)s:%(name)s: %(message)s (%(asctime)s; %(filename)s:%(lineno)d)',
                    datefmt='%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S',
                    level=logging.INFO)

LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)

# Define the name of the file starts with, the file format, and the directory where the files need to be moved into
STARTS_WITH = 'test'
FILE_FORMAT = '.pkl'
DIRECTORY_TO_LOOK_INTO = 'usr_directory_to_look_into_for_files'
DIRECTORY_TO_MOVE_INTO = 'usr_directory_to_move_files_into'

file_matches = []

for root_directory, _, filenames in os.walk(DIRECTORY_TO_LOOK_INTO):
    for filename in filenames:
        if filename.startswith(STARTS_WITH) and filename.endswith(FILE_FORMAT):
            LOGGER.info(f'Found a file that starts with `{STARTS_WITH}` and has the format `{FILE_FORMAT}` in directory'
                        f' `{root_directory}`')
            file_matches.append(os.path.join(root_directory, filename))

LOGGER.info(f'The following files have been matched with the description:\n')
LOGGER.info(file_matches)

for file_location in file_matches:
    shutil.copy(file_location, DIRECTORY_TO_MOVE_INTO)

LOGGER.info(f'All the files matching the provided description have been moved to the directory '
            f'`{DIRECTORY_TO_MOVE_INTO}`')