Hello,

I've asked this question also on a other forum, but it seems that that forum mostly uses powershell. Unfortunaltely i am unable to use this.
For a while now i've been trying to FIGURE out how to make a dos command that can "see" part of a file name, then create a folder and sort every file which has that part of a filename in it.

Every filename has the following characters (excluding the extension):

3 letters, 5 digits, 1 letter, 1 digit
For example: BBB12345B0

Each letter and number in the filename can vary, but the filename will allway's have the same build.
What the script is supposed to do is recognize only the 5 digits, then create a folder from those 5 digits and then move those files to that folder.

The following i found on the internet:

@echo off
for /f "delims=" %%a in ('dir /b /a-d') do (
if not "%%~fa"=="%~f0" (
md "%%~na" 2>nul
if exist "%%a" move "%%~na.*" "%%~na"
)
)

This works great, except that the whole filename is used to create a folder and sort the files. I want the script to do the same thing but only using the 5 digits.

I've tried to work with "tokens" in this script. Also used some onther methods but none of them work properly. I'm also not so familiar with this kind of batch SCRIPTING. Can anyone help me with this?
You also got a batch solution on another forum.

You failed to respond in any way at all, and the only issue with it was that the filter for the batch filename itself needed fixing.

Code: [Select]@echo off
for %%a in (
BBB11345B0
BBB12345B0
BBB13345B0
BBB14345B0
BBB15345B0
BBB16345B0
) do type nul >%%a

@echo off
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
for /f "delims=" %%a in ('dir /b /a-d') do (
if /i not "%%a"=="%~nx0" (
echo moving "%%a"
set "name=%%a"
md "!name:~3,5!" 2>nul
move "%%a" "!name:~3,5!" >nul
)
)Quote from: foxidrive on February 18, 2014, 05:28:38 AM

You also got a batch solution on another forum.

You failed to respond in any way at all.....

I believe i said that in my first post. The sollutions given involved Powershell.
I cannot run powershell, because of a rights problem on my terminal.

I find this a little offensive, so please clarify.

I cannot run powershell, because of a rights problem on my terminal.

Read what I wrote. You got a BATCH solution.

You are offended?? You posted the question to so many places you obviously forgot to check them all.

4 Days ago.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/21774670/make-folder-from-part-of-a-filename-and-move-the-files-there