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?

asked Dec 10 at 2:35

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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?

asked Dec 10 at 2:35

TravelWhere

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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?

asked Dec 10 at 2:35

TravelWhere

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

asked Dec 10 at 2:35

TravelWhere

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TravelWhere

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TravelWhere

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TravelWhere

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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.

answered Dec 10 at 5:07

shawn

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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.

answered Dec 10 at 5:07

shawn

1288

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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.

answered Dec 10 at 5:07

shawn

1288

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.

answered Dec 10 at 5:07

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