import os

import os.path
import shutil
from pathlib import Path
data_folder = Path("C:/Users/Folder")
FilesFolder = Path("C:/Users/Files")
file_to_open = data_folder / "text.txt"
RootFolder = "TopFolder"
NewFolderTree = data_folder / RootFolder

with open(file_to_open) as f:
#Striping the whitespace and extracting important parts.
line = f.readline().strip()
fold_location = line.split("~")[0]
file_id = line.split("   ")[1]
while line:
# Iterating through files that need to be sorted.
for file in os.listdir(FilesFolder):
# Extracting the name, ignoring revision,extension(.zip,.pdf etc) and dashes.
  file_name = file.split('_')[0].split('-')[0].split('.')[0]
  for file_id in f:
    if file_name == file_id:
#  Check if the folder exists then copy the file to the corresponding folder in new tree.
     for root, dirs, subdirs in os.walk(NewFolderTree):
       if fold_location.exists():
         dest = Path(fold_location)
         # copy files occurs here
         shutil.copy(file, dest)
       elif not subdir.exists():
         print("Folder does not exist for " + fold_location)

   elif not file_name == file_id:
       # how do I check the next line from text file?


    # gets to end of text file.
   else:
    print('The following document is missing ' + file_name )