Batch - move files into alphabetical forders including unicode or 'strange' characters - batch-processing

Question

I have some files and I want to move them inside alphabetical folder NOT previously created. With batch I want generate folders. Theses files must be moved inside these folders following files's first letter
I have a multi language file list inside my directory like this:
中文
alfa
35h
Ĕuid
لعربية
សេវិនខ្មែរ
I try this command to move files into alphabetic folders using first folder letter for ordering
#echo off
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
for /d %%i in (*) do (
set first=%%i
set first=!first:~0,1!
md !first! 2>nul
if not "!first!" == "%%i" move "%%i" "!first!\%%i"
)
Nothing happens.
This part
for /d %%i in (*) do (
create folders and move folders and not files but I want move files inside generated folders (I don't want create folders previously)

Answer 1

You're currently using for /d which works on directories, not files. Since you have files, you need your for loop to work on them. If you just remove the /d, it will do so. However, note that this means it will also move the batch file itself. If you don't want that, then you'll need to put in logic to exclude it. Something like this:
#echo off
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
for %%i in (*) do (
set first=%%i
if not "!first!" == "%0" (
set first=!first:~0,1!
md !first! 2>nul
if not "!first!" == "%%i" move "%%i" "!first!\%%i"
)
)
EDIT FOR ! SUPPORT
If the filename contains an exclamation mark, it won't work, because when delayed expansion is enabled, it sees that as part of a variable delimiter. The way to get around it is to assign the filename to a variable before you enable delayed expansion:
#echo off
setlocal
for %%i in (*) do (
set name=%%i
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
if not "!name!" == "%0" (
set first=!name:~0,1!
md !first! 2>nul
if not "!first!" == "!name!" move "!name!" "!first!\!name!"
)
)