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Dired: How to move all files in subdirectories to directory above? (alien.top)
submitted 1 year ago by TyrionBean@alien.top to c/emacs@communick.news
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Here's something I can't figure out: When using dired to manage files, let's say I have a top level directory with a ton of subdirectories, each with a GoPro video inside (unique name/time/date for each file name). How do I move them all at once to that top level directory for easier management/renaming? I don't want to have to go into each directory and move them one at a time with R. Let's say all of the files are MP4 or HEVC.

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[–] FrozenOnPluto@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I dunno, sounds like a one liner in cli .. unless you need to do this many times in the future or just want to force it into Emacs for fun (which is okay :), strikes me as a 10s thing to do on cli if you’rr a Mac or Unix-like user

cd /to/top mv */*mov .

Repeat for other file type.

That assumes they’re only one level deep

Another one liner ..

find /top -name “*mov” -exec “mv {} /top” ;

Be careful as just tapping out on phone but you get the idea

[–] TyrionBean@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Ah, this sounds even simpler. I. hadn't thought of this, but I was doing everything in dired for management/renaming, so I hadn't thought of doing something like this in the CLI. I'll make a note of it. Much appreciated.