truncate directory names to certain length

[Wade Preston Shearer]

I have a directory full of directories that are all named in the  
following manner:

#####_alpha_name


I need them renamed to just:

#####


Is there an easy way via the command line to truncate them to just  
the first five characters (which would be just their ID number)?


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