shutil.move if directory already exists

In addition to the code above I move folder into already existing directories and this collision will produce an error so I recommend shutil.copytree()

shutil.copytree('path_to/start/folder', 'path_to/destination/folder', dirs_exist_ok=True) 

The dirs_exist_ok=True is required to allow overwriting files, otherwise you will get an error.

Use copy insted of move, it should overwrite files automatically

shutil.copy(sourcePath, destinationPath)

Then of course you need to delete original files. Be aware, shutil.copy does not copy or create directories, so you need to make sure they exist.

If this does not work either, you can manually check if file exists, remove it, and move new file:

To check that file exists, use:

from pathlib import Path my_file = Path("/path/to/file")

if my_file.exists(): to check that something at path exist

if my_file.is_dir(): to check if directory exists

if my_file.is_file(): to check if file exists

To delete directory with all its contents use: shutil.rmtree(path)

Or delete a single file with os.remove(path) and then move them one by one