Bash – Suction (Move files from subfolders into parent)

If you have a large amount of files that are in sub-directories and would like them to be in the same directory this will pull all the files into one directory.

NOTE: The ‘find .’ is looking at the specific directory you currently are in. Make sure this is what you want.

find . -mindepth 2 -type f -print -exec mv {} . \;

# Delete empty directories
find . -depth -empty -type d -exec rm -rfv {} \;

find . -mindepth 2 -type f -print -exec mv {} . \;

# Delete empty directories
find . -depth -empty -type d -exec rm -rfv {} \;