Batch script for moving files to correct folder - file

Question

I am looking for help to construct a .bat script to move PDFs into a predefined folder structure. The file names are structured and relate to where in the folder structure they should be moved to.
For example IRTYCAS001.pdf;
First two letters tell it to move it to the correct country folder (Ireland)
3rd and 4th will tell it what county folder to move it to
5th to 7th will tell it the correct town folder to move it to and
Last 3 digits tell it the land use type folder to move it to
The identifier lengths will always be the same in the file name.
The folder structure looks something like
example of folder structure

Answer 1

With extensions enabled (default) mkdir will create intermediate folders in one step.
So all you've to do is
iterate the files
use substrings to split the filename into parts and
create the folders if not already existing.
#echo off & setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
set Src=A:\
set Dst=A:\
for /f "delims=" %%A in ('Dir /B "%Src%*.pdf"') do (
Set "File=%%A"
set "Folder=%Dst%\!File:~0,2!\!File:~2,2!\!File:~4,3!\!File:~7,3!\"
if not exist "!Folder!" MD "!Folder!" >NUL
Move "%%A" "!Folder!"
)
Sample tree:
> tree . /f
A:\
└───IR
└───TY
└───CAS
└───001
IRTYCAS001.pdf

Answer 2

you could try something like this:
FOR /F %%i IN ('dir /b c:\temp\*.pdf') DO call :moveFiles %%i
goto :EOF
:moveFiles
set myfile=%1
set part1=%myfile:~0,2%
set part2=%myfile:~2,2%
set part3=%myfile:~4,3%
set part4=%myfile:~7,3%
set dstFolder=C:\temp
if %part1%==IR set dstFolder=%dstFolder%\ireland
REM more options here...
if %part2%==TY set dstFolder=%dstFolder%\tipperary
REM more options here...
if %part3%==CAS set dstFolder=%dstFolder%\cashel
REM more options here...
if %part4%==001 set dstFolder=%dstFolder%\residential
REM more options here...
move /Y %myfile% %dstFolder%