Batch move subsubfolders & files by up a level
I have a directory that looks like this
Root Folder
- Folder A
- Subfolder
- File1
- File2
- File3
- Folder B
- Subfolder
- File1
- File2
- File3
- Folder C
- Subfolder
- File1
- File2
- File3
Now I want to move the subfolder & files up by a level and delete the folder once it's been moved up so it should look like this
Root Folder
- Subfolder
- File1
- File2
- File3
- Subfolder
- File1
- File2
- File3
- Subfolder
- File1
- File2
- File3
Is there a batch method to do this in windows?
windows batch batch-file
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I have a directory that looks like this
Root Folder
- Folder A
- Subfolder
- File1
- File2
- File3
- Folder B
- Subfolder
- File1
- File2
- File3
- Folder C
- Subfolder
- File1
- File2
- File3
Now I want to move the subfolder & files up by a level and delete the folder once it's been moved up so it should look like this
Root Folder
- Subfolder
- File1
- File2
- File3
- Subfolder
- File1
- File2
- File3
- Subfolder
- File1
- File2
- File3
Is there a batch method to do this in windows?
windows batch batch-file
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I have a directory that looks like this
Root Folder
- Folder A
- Subfolder
- File1
- File2
- File3
- Folder B
- Subfolder
- File1
- File2
- File3
- Folder C
- Subfolder
- File1
- File2
- File3
Now I want to move the subfolder & files up by a level and delete the folder once it's been moved up so it should look like this
Root Folder
- Subfolder
- File1
- File2
- File3
- Subfolder
- File1
- File2
- File3
- Subfolder
- File1
- File2
- File3
Is there a batch method to do this in windows?
windows batch batch-file
I have a directory that looks like this
Root Folder
- Folder A
- Subfolder
- File1
- File2
- File3
- Folder B
- Subfolder
- File1
- File2
- File3
- Folder C
- Subfolder
- File1
- File2
- File3
Now I want to move the subfolder & files up by a level and delete the folder once it's been moved up so it should look like this
Root Folder
- Subfolder
- File1
- File2
- File3
- Subfolder
- File1
- File2
- File3
- Subfolder
- File1
- File2
- File3
Is there a batch method to do this in windows?
windows batch batch-file
windows batch batch-file
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If there's a pattern for "Folder [a|b]" that doesn't duplicate in the names of "subfolders" then yes, this is a pretty simple batch script.
for /d %%d in ("folder*") do call :doit "%%d"
exit /b
:doit
@echo.Moving contents of "%~1" to "%cd%"...
pushd "%~1"
forfiles /c "cmd /c move @file .."
popd
@echo.Removing "%~1"
rd "%~1"
exit /b
Again, it's very important to understand that this requires a pattern to the folder names ("folder*"). If this replicates within your content folders then you will lose data.
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If there's a pattern for "Folder [a|b]" that doesn't duplicate in the names of "subfolders" then yes, this is a pretty simple batch script.
for /d %%d in ("folder*") do call :doit "%%d"
exit /b
:doit
@echo.Moving contents of "%~1" to "%cd%"...
pushd "%~1"
forfiles /c "cmd /c move @file .."
popd
@echo.Removing "%~1"
rd "%~1"
exit /b
Again, it's very important to understand that this requires a pattern to the folder names ("folder*"). If this replicates within your content folders then you will lose data.
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If there's a pattern for "Folder [a|b]" that doesn't duplicate in the names of "subfolders" then yes, this is a pretty simple batch script.
for /d %%d in ("folder*") do call :doit "%%d"
exit /b
:doit
@echo.Moving contents of "%~1" to "%cd%"...
pushd "%~1"
forfiles /c "cmd /c move @file .."
popd
@echo.Removing "%~1"
rd "%~1"
exit /b
Again, it's very important to understand that this requires a pattern to the folder names ("folder*"). If this replicates within your content folders then you will lose data.
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If there's a pattern for "Folder [a|b]" that doesn't duplicate in the names of "subfolders" then yes, this is a pretty simple batch script.
for /d %%d in ("folder*") do call :doit "%%d"
exit /b
:doit
@echo.Moving contents of "%~1" to "%cd%"...
pushd "%~1"
forfiles /c "cmd /c move @file .."
popd
@echo.Removing "%~1"
rd "%~1"
exit /b
Again, it's very important to understand that this requires a pattern to the folder names ("folder*"). If this replicates within your content folders then you will lose data.
If there's a pattern for "Folder [a|b]" that doesn't duplicate in the names of "subfolders" then yes, this is a pretty simple batch script.
for /d %%d in ("folder*") do call :doit "%%d"
exit /b
:doit
@echo.Moving contents of "%~1" to "%cd%"...
pushd "%~1"
forfiles /c "cmd /c move @file .."
popd
@echo.Removing "%~1"
rd "%~1"
exit /b
Again, it's very important to understand that this requires a pattern to the folder names ("folder*"). If this replicates within your content folders then you will lose data.
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