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Command for taking all files in sub directories and putting them in parent directory

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I have a directory that contains around 100 subdirectories. I want to take all the files from this directories and add them to the first directories then delete them all. Is this possible?

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answered 2 Years ago ingwhin · Accepted Answer

You can paste a command like this at terminal:

find /source/dir/* -exec mv {} /destination/dir/ ;