Copy certain files from one folder to another using python

Question

I am trying to copy only certain files from one folder to another. The filenames are in a attribute table of a shapefile.

I am successful upto writing the filenames into a .csv file and list the column containing the list of the filenames to be transferred. I am stuck after that on how to read those filenames to copy them to another folder. I have read about using Shutil.copy/move but not sure how to use it. Any help is appreciated. Below is my script:

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import arcpy
import csv
import os
import sys
import os.path
import shutil
from collections import defaultdict
fc = 'C:\\work_Data\\Export_Output.shp'
CSVFile = 'C:\\wokk_Data\\Export_Output.csv'
src = 'C:\\UC_Training_Areas'
dst = 'C:\\MOSAIC_Files'

fields = [f.name for f in arcpy.ListFields(fc)]
if f.type <> 'Geometry':
    for i,f in enumerate(fields):

        if f in (['FID', "Area", 'Category', 'SHAPE_Area']):
            fields.remove (f)    

with open(CSVFile, 'w') as f:
f.write(','.join(fields)+'\n') 
with arcpy.da.SearchCursor(fc, fields) as cursor:
    for row in cursor:
        f.write(','.join([str(r) for r in row])+'\n')

f.close()


columns = defaultdict(list) 
with open(CSVFile) as f:
  reader = csv.DictReader(f) 
  for row in reader: 
      for (k,v) in row.items(): 
         columns[k].append(v) 


print(columns['label'])

Answer 1

Given the name of the file columns['label'] you can use the following to move a file

srcpath = os.path.join(src, columns['label'])
dstpath = os.path.join(dst, columns['label'])
shutil.copyfile(srcpath, dstpath)