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Various files and folders manipulation
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Various files and folders manipulation

Flat folder content

move all files, folder and subfiles of a root folder inside this root folder in a flatten way

Move files outside its folder

  • windows :

    cd /D X:\FOLDER
for /D %A in ("*") do @for %B in ("%~fA"\*.*) do move /y "%B" "%~dpB..\"

Move files inside its own folder

  • linux :

    cd /FOLDER
for f in *; do mkdir "${f%.*}"; mv "$f" "${f%.*}"; done

Delete empty folders

  • windows :

    set "FOLDER=X:\FOLDER"
for /r "%FOLDER%" /d %F in (.) do @dir /b "%F" | findstr "^" >nul || echo %~fF && rmdir /Q "%~fF"
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