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Microsoft => Microsoft Windows => Windows XP => Topic started by: winniethepujols on December 28, 2007, 11:17:21 AM

Title: Moving all files from a tree to root
Post by: winniethepujols on December 28, 2007, 11:17:21 AM

Basically, I'm looking for a way (through DOs, perhaps?) to move all files in subfolders to the root directory. Let me explain this by showing my setup:


Parent : Music (Root)

Level 1 Sub-Directory: Green Day
Level 2 Sub-Directory: Dookie
DO - Song 1.mp3
DO - Song 2.mp3
DO - Song 3.mp3

Level 2 Sub-Directory: American Idiot
AI - Song 4.mp3
AI - Song 5.mp3
AI - Song 3.mp3



Level 1 Sub-Directory: Blink 182
Level 2 Sub-Directory: Enema of the State
ES - Song 1.mp3
ES - Song 2.mp3
ES - Song 3.mp3

Level 2 Sub-Directory: Blink 182 - Greatest Hits
BGH - Song 4.mp3
BGH - Song 5.mp3
BGH - Song 3.mp3


What I want to do is move all of the MP3 files to the "Music" folder; in other words, I want to move all files in subdirectories up to a desired parent folder.


Anyone know of a way I can do this? I searched for utilities online but it's kind of a difficult thing to search for. I was also thinking there is possibly a way to do this through DOS.

Moving manually is not practical -- there are hundreds of folders.

Title: Re: Moving all files from a tree to root
Post by: Sidewinder on December 28, 2007, 12:17:43 PM

This may work for you:

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@echo off
for /f "tokens=* delims=" %%x in ('dir /s /b \music\*.mp3') do (
move "%%x" \music
)

I guessed that those prefixes (DO, AI, ES, and BGH) were part of the song name otherwise you'll have problems with duplicate song titles.

Good luck. 8)

Title: Re: Moving all files from a tree to root
Post by: winniethepujols on December 28, 2007, 01:45:22 PM

It worked, thanks a million!