how to make the user choose the path of the output file using python

Question

I have a python script that reads a file and copies its content to another file while deleting unwanted lines before sending.

The problem is that I want to allow the user to choose the source file and the destination path.

How can this be solved ?

outputSortedFiles.py

#!/usr/bin/python

'''FUNCTION THAT READ SELECTE DFILE AND WRITE ITS 
   CONTENT TO SECOND FILE WITH DELETING
   TH EUNWANTED WORDS'''

import Tkinter
from os import listdir
from os.path import isfile
from os.path import join
import tkFileDialog
import os

def readWrite():
    unwanted = ['thumbnails', 'tyroi', 'cache', 'Total files', 'zeryit', 'Ringtones', 'iconRecv',
                'tubemate', 'ueventd', 'fstab', 'default', 'lpm']
    mypath = r"C:\Users\hHJE\Desktop/filesys" 
    Tkinter.Tk().withdraw()
    in_path = tkFileDialog.askopenfile(initialdir = mypath, filetypes=[('text files', ' TXT ')])    
    files = [f for f in listdir(mypath) if isfile(join(mypath, f))]
    for file in files:
        if file.split('.')[1] == 'txt':
            outputFileName = 'Sorted-' + file
            with open(mypath + outputFileName, 'w') as w:
                with open(mypath + '/' + file) as f:
                    for l in f:
                        if not True in [item in l for item in unwanted]:
                            w.write(l)
                            print ("
                                    *********************************\
                                        THE OUTPUT FILE IS READY\
                                    *********************************\
                                   ")
    in_path.close()
    if __name__== "__main__":
        readWrite()

C.LECLERC · Accepted Answer · 2015-12-24 08:42:10Z

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You can use TkFileDialog just as you did to ask inputFiles :

outputpath = tkFileDialog.asksaveasfile()

See examples in those tutorials : http://www.tkdocs.com/tutorial/windows.html

answered Dec 24, 2015 at 8:42

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Jihad 3aramouni Over a year ago

this isn't what i want i want to allow user to select the source file and select the output path ... i do not know if you did understand my question

C.LECLERC Over a year ago

In fact i don't get your need, maybe elaborate a bit more ?

Giacomo Bertolino · Accepted Answer · 2021-09-14 08:35:37Z

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If you simply want the user to choose the directory:

from tkinter import filedialog
outputpath = filedialog.askdirectory()

edited Sep 14, 2021 at 8:35

answered Sep 14, 2021 at 7:58

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