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Move Everything in a Directory Up One Level

Let's say I have this:

myfiles/stuff/things/whatever.txt

I want to move everything in the "things" directory to the "stuff" directory without listing each file one at a time. In my example, I have 1 file, but in real life, I have 1000 files.

Any suggestions?

Solution

  • I'm assuming there is no restriction for you to use the linux terminal here.

    If you are in the myfiles/stuff/things directory then do

    mv * ..

    or if you want to move in general

    mv myfiles/stuff/things/* myfiles/stuff/