Copy Directory and Contents in Python

The following script copies a directory and all of its contents to another directory

import shutil
import os
import argparse

def copy_directory(src, dst):
    """
    This function copies a directory, including all of its content and hidden files, to another directory.

    Args:
        src (str): The source directory.
        dst (str): The destination directory.

    Returns:
        None
    """
    # Create the destination directory path including the source directory name
    dst = os.path.join(dst, os.path.basename(src))
    
    # Ensure the destination directory exists
    os.makedirs(dst, exist_ok=True)

    # Iterate over all the files in source directory
    for item in os.listdir(src):
        s = os.path.join(src, item)
        d = os.path.join(dst, item)
        
        # If item is a directory, recurse into it
        if os.path.isdir(s):
            print(f"Copying directory {s} to {d}")
            copy_directory(s, d)
        else:
            # Otherwise, copy it
            print(f"Copying file {s} to {d}")
            shutil.copy2(s, d)

def main():
    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Copy a directory including all of its content and hidden files to another directory.')
    parser.add_argument('src', type=str, help='The source directory')
    parser.add_argument('dst', type=str, help='The destination directory')

    args = parser.parse_args()

    copy_directory(args.src, args.dst)


if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

Call the script like this

python3 copy_dir.py /path/to/source/directory /path/to/destination/directory