Bash script to move through folders, unzip, and move files up one directory
I've got a project that I imagine a shell script will make easy work of, but it's been 10 years since I wrote a shell script and I'm having a hard time remembering. I have a group of folders that all have zip files in them that may contain 1 or 2 files in them each in a new folder. (see diagram below)
I want to point the script at the top level directory and have it to go through each sub directory, extract the contents of the zip, move the contents of that sub directory up one level (deleting the original zipped file optional).
--before--
Photos
-2018
--jan.zip
[--jan1 ]--
[---jan1.pdf]---}-contents of Zipped file
[---jan1.JPG]--/
--feb.zip
[--feb1 ]--
[---feb1.pdf]---}-contents of Zipped file
[---feb1.JPG]--/
...
--after--
Photos
-2018
--jan1.pdf
--jan1.JPG
--feb1.pdf
--feb1.JPG
Thank you so much, sorry for being such a n00b.
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I've got a project that I imagine a shell script will make easy work of, but it's been 10 years since I wrote a shell script and I'm having a hard time remembering. I have a group of folders that all have zip files in them that may contain 1 or 2 files in them each in a new folder. (see diagram below)
I want to point the script at the top level directory and have it to go through each sub directory, extract the contents of the zip, move the contents of that sub directory up one level (deleting the original zipped file optional).
--before--
Photos
-2018
--jan.zip
[--jan1 ]--
[---jan1.pdf]---}-contents of Zipped file
[---jan1.JPG]--/
--feb.zip
[--feb1 ]--
[---feb1.pdf]---}-contents of Zipped file
[---feb1.JPG]--/
...
--after--
Photos
-2018
--jan1.pdf
--jan1.JPG
--feb1.pdf
--feb1.JPG
Thank you so much, sorry for being such a n00b.
bash shell-script
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I've got a project that I imagine a shell script will make easy work of, but it's been 10 years since I wrote a shell script and I'm having a hard time remembering. I have a group of folders that all have zip files in them that may contain 1 or 2 files in them each in a new folder. (see diagram below)
I want to point the script at the top level directory and have it to go through each sub directory, extract the contents of the zip, move the contents of that sub directory up one level (deleting the original zipped file optional).
--before--
Photos
-2018
--jan.zip
[--jan1 ]--
[---jan1.pdf]---}-contents of Zipped file
[---jan1.JPG]--/
--feb.zip
[--feb1 ]--
[---feb1.pdf]---}-contents of Zipped file
[---feb1.JPG]--/
...
--after--
Photos
-2018
--jan1.pdf
--jan1.JPG
--feb1.pdf
--feb1.JPG
Thank you so much, sorry for being such a n00b.
bash shell-script
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I've got a project that I imagine a shell script will make easy work of, but it's been 10 years since I wrote a shell script and I'm having a hard time remembering. I have a group of folders that all have zip files in them that may contain 1 or 2 files in them each in a new folder. (see diagram below)
I want to point the script at the top level directory and have it to go through each sub directory, extract the contents of the zip, move the contents of that sub directory up one level (deleting the original zipped file optional).
--before--
Photos
-2018
--jan.zip
[--jan1 ]--
[---jan1.pdf]---}-contents of Zipped file
[---jan1.JPG]--/
--feb.zip
[--feb1 ]--
[---feb1.pdf]---}-contents of Zipped file
[---feb1.JPG]--/
...
--after--
Photos
-2018
--jan1.pdf
--jan1.JPG
--feb1.pdf
--feb1.JPG
Thank you so much, sorry for being such a n00b.
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