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Put this in a .bat file, and test it:
<pre><code class="code-10 nolinks" id="code-20-40470687-1">@echo off

for /f %%a in ('dir /b \\serverA\clientPDFs\*.PDF') do (
 call:MoveThisFile %%a
)
goto:EOF

:MoveThisFile

 set file=%1
 set node=%file:~0,4%

 rem Comment out the following two lines when you're ready to run this for real

 echo if not exist \\serverB\client\%node% mkdir \\serverB\client\%node%
 echo move \\serverA\clientPDFs\%file% \\serverB\client\%node%\.

 rem Remove the &quot;rem&quot; comments from these next two lines when you're ready to run this for real

 rem if not exist \\serverB\client\%node% mkdir \\serverB\client\%node%
 rem move \\serverA\clientPDFs\%file% \\serverB\client\%node%\.

 goto:EOF
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We appreciate the quick reply! 
 
i tried inputting your code into a .bat file, 
 
Prior testing this on my server I created 2 folders on my desktop: &quot;%USERPROFILES\Desktop\serverA\&quot; and &quot;%USERPROFILES\Desktop\serverB\ 
 
&nbsp;here's what I have so far, but didn't seem to work. thanks again 
 
@echo off 
 
for /f %%a in ('dir /b %USERPROFILE%\Desktop\serverA\*.PDF') do ( 
&nbsp; &nbsp; call:MoveThisFile %%a 
) 
goto:EOF 
 
:MoveThisFile 
 
&nbsp; &nbsp; set file=%1 
&nbsp; &nbsp; set node=%file:~0,4% 
 
&nbsp; &nbsp; rem Comment out the following two lines when you're ready to run this for real 
 
&nbsp; &nbsp; echo if not exist %USERPROFILE%\Desktop\serverB\%node% mkdir %USERPROFILE%\Desktop\serverB\%node% 
&nbsp; &nbsp; echo move %USERPROFILE%\Desktop\serverA\%file% %USERPROFILE%\Desktop\serverB\%node%\. 
 
&nbsp; &nbsp; rem Remove the &quot;rem&quot; comments from these next two lines when you're ready to run this for real 
 
&nbsp; &nbsp; if not exist %USERPROFILE%\Desktop\serverB\%node% mkdir %USERPROFILE%\Desktop\serverB\%node% 
&nbsp; &nbsp; move %USERPROFILE%\Desktop\serverA\%file% %USERPROFILE%\Desktop\serverB\%node%\. 
 
&nbsp; &nbsp; goto:EOF
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What kind of error message(s) did you get?
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Maybe you need to wrap these in quotes? 

<pre><code class="code-1 nolinks" id="code-20-40470866-1">%USERPROFILE%\Desktop\serverB\%node%
%USERPROFILE%\Desktop\serverA\%file%
</code></pre>
i.e. 

<pre><code class="code-1 nolinks" id="code-20-40470866-2">&quot;%USERPROFILE%\Desktop\serverB\%node%&quot;
&quot;%USERPROFILE%\Desktop\serverA\%file%&quot;
</code></pre>
 
Also, does that ending &quot;.&quot; need to be removed? 

<pre><code class="code-1 nolinks" id="code-20-40470866-3">move \\serverA\clientPDFs\%file% \\serverB\client\%node%\.
</code></pre>
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FYI, vlsllp, I changed the code a little (above), adding double-quotes in case of any spaces and adding error checking. I tested it with files I created,and it seems to work okay.
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Hello, 
 
Our financial institution is using a system that generates client PDFs in a specific format. For example, the system we use exports PDFs in location \\serverA\clientPDFs\ as this format: 
 
1455-Douglas T Thompson-2013Archivek1Package.pdf 
4785-Cheri Lockson-2013Archivek1Package.pdf 
7899-Thomas Pete-2012Archivek1Package.pdf 
etc... (we have hundreds of them waiting to be moved) 
 
but all clients of different types are in 1 folder instead of its own assigned client folder. 
 
I need a batch file that will migrate the clients above to its corresponding client ID. An example of its final result would be: 
 
\\serverB\client\1455\1455-Douglas T Thompson-2013Archivek1Package.pdf\ 
\\serverB\client\4785\4785-Cheri Lockson-2013Archivek1Package.pdf\ 
\\serverB\client\7899\7899-Thomas Pete-2012Archivek1Package.pdf\ 
 
 
anything will help, thanks in advance!
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Hello,

Our financial institution is using a system that generates client PDFs in a specific format. For example, the system we use exports PDFs in location \\serverA\clientPDFs\ as this format:

1455-Douglas T Thompson-2013Archivek1Package.pdf
4785-Cheri Lockson-2013Archivek1Package.pdf
7899-Thomas Pete-2012Archivek1Package.pdf
etc... (we have hundreds of them waiting to be moved)

but all clients of different types are in 1 folder instead of its own assigned client folder. 

I need a batch file that will migrate the clients above to its corresponding client ID. An example of its final result would be: 

\\serverB\client\1455\1455-Douglas T Thompson-2013Archivek1Package.pdf\
\\serverB\client\4785\4785-Cheri Lockson-2013Archivek1Package.pdf\
\\serverB\client\7899\7899-Thomas Pete-2012Archivek1Package.pdf\


anything will help, thanks in advance!

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