I would like to know how to Move all folders in a subfolder that start with an "A or a" to ANOTHER folder found in a subfolder called A.
I would like to do the whole alphabet if possible.

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you
EDIT: The subject says files but your description says folders. Make up your mind.

Try this on some sample folders.

Code: [Select]@echo off
for %%z in (a b c d e f g h i j K l m n o p q r s t u V w x y z) do (
for /f "delims=" %%a in ('dir "%%z*" /b /ad 2^>NUL') do (
md "!Folder %%z" 2>nul
move "%%a" "!Folder %%z" >nul
)
)
pause
This works for files - but don't put the batch file in the same folder, set the folder path in the second line.

There could be issues because the DIR command searches both the short and long filename so you can get false matches. I can't think of any way around that, matching on only one character.

Code: [Select]@echo off
pushd "c:\folder\to check"
for %%z in (a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z) do (
for /f "delims=" %%a in ('dir "%%z*" /b /a-d 2^>nul') do (
md "%%z" 2>nul
move "%%a" "%%z" >nul
)
)
popd
pause
Quote from: foxidrive on October 21, 2012, 10:14:44 PM

EDIT: The subject says files but your description says folders. Make up your mind.

Try this on some sample folders.

Code: [Select]@echo off
for %%z in (a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z) do (
for /f "delims=" %%a in ('dir "%%z*" /b /ad 2^>nul') do (
md "!Folder %%z" 2>nul
move "%%a" "!Folder %%z" >nul
)
)
pause

EDIT: The subject says files but your description says folders. Make up your mind.

Try this on some sample folders.

Code: [Select]@echo off
for %%z in (a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z) do (
for /f "delims=" %%a in ('dir "%%z*" /b /ad 2^>nul') do (
md "!Folder %%z" 2>nul
move "%%a" "!Folder %%z" >nul
)
)
pause