dos "for command" in a batch file

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in a specific directory "C:UsersEPI-QCDesktopDailyQC©STSNRT_QC" There are many files with this format

example:

SWB12-1852P1-028-Client_EOL_Report.sts

all the char between the "-" are variable values, all other char are fixed values

I want to rename all the files to the following format

example:

028-SWB12-1852P1-Client_EOL_Report.sts

I created the following script but something is wrong with it

for /F "tokens=1-4 delims=-" %%G in (' dir /C:UsersEPI-QCDesktopDailyQC©STSNRT_QC .sts') do rename "%%G^&%%H^&%%I^&%%J" "%%I^&%%G^&%%H^&%%J"

I think that maybe I specified an illegal delimiter "-" (?)

maybe my syntax for dir is incorrect (?)

something else (?)

 

Please can you help me 

 

Thank you

Ron1Cebu

 

 

 

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