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Creating a folder from first 5 characters of filename in a batch file

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Here's what I have: I would like to have the script read the first 5 digits from the file, create a folder with those digits, and include the letter T before it. The result after running should be like this: Currently, I have this, which does the function; I just can't figure out where to put the Sā€¦

Error Output

C:\test\12345-test1.txt
C:\test\23456-test2.txt
C:\test\44444-test3.doc

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Fix for: Creating a folder from first 5 characters of filename in a batch file

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This will process files (= no dirs) in the working directory. I also added a check to prevent the script from moving the batch file itself in case it happens to be located in the wd.

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