#!/usr/bin/env python import glob import os import shutil L = range(1, 100) for i in glob.glob('*.html'): if L in i: pass else: dir = i[:4] os.mkdir('./dir') shutil.copy('./i', './dir/') os.remove('./dir-*.html') file = open('howtofixoutput.txt', 'w') file.write(i, '\n') file.close() file2 = open('howtofixoutput.txt', 'r') file2.readlines()