Recursively moving contents of directory
I wanted to recursively move files from a folder (Pictures) to another (Picturesnew).
The "Pictures" Folder had many subfolders and and hence I used this command after following up the posts here.
Both Pictures and Picturesnew were in the same directory. I just wanted to get rid of all the subfolders and combine the data.
I ran the following command from the directory these folders were situated in.
find ./Pictures -type f -name "*.jpg" -print0 |
xargs -0 -Imysongs mv -i mysongs ./Picturesnew "
Now seemingly the Picturesnew folder which should have appeared didn't appear at all and hence I am confused as to where 20000 JPG files of mine went.
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I wanted to recursively move files from a folder (Pictures) to another (Picturesnew).
The "Pictures" Folder had many subfolders and and hence I used this command after following up the posts here.
Both Pictures and Picturesnew were in the same directory. I just wanted to get rid of all the subfolders and combine the data.
I ran the following command from the directory these folders were situated in.
find ./Pictures -type f -name "*.jpg" -print0 |
xargs -0 -Imysongs mv -i mysongs ./Picturesnew "
Now seemingly the Picturesnew folder which should have appeared didn't appear at all and hence I am confused as to where 20000 JPG files of mine went.
move
edited 1 hour ago
Tomasz
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asked 1 hour ago
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Why didn't you justfind ./Pictures -type f -name "*.jpg" -exec mv {} Picturesnew/ ;?
– Nasir Riley
1 hour ago
This would mean just one file left as./Picturesnewwould be treated as a target file name. Butmv -ishould be interactive. Were you asked 20000 times if you want to overwrite?
– Tomasz
52 mins ago
(1) The command that you posted has three"characters. Therefore, it should not have executed at all. (2) I believe thatmkdir Picturesnew && mv Pictures/* Picturesnewwould work (would have worked), assuming that you don't have any.files inPictures.
– G-Man
4 mins ago
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I wanted to recursively move files from a folder (Pictures) to another (Picturesnew).
The "Pictures" Folder had many subfolders and and hence I used this command after following up the posts here.
Both Pictures and Picturesnew were in the same directory. I just wanted to get rid of all the subfolders and combine the data.
I ran the following command from the directory these folders were situated in.
find ./Pictures -type f -name "*.jpg" -print0 |
xargs -0 -Imysongs mv -i mysongs ./Picturesnew "
Now seemingly the Picturesnew folder which should have appeared didn't appear at all and hence I am confused as to where 20000 JPG files of mine went.
move
edited 1 hour ago
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I wanted to recursively move files from a folder (Pictures) to another (Picturesnew).
The "Pictures" Folder had many subfolders and and hence I used this command after following up the posts here.
Both Pictures and Picturesnew were in the same directory. I just wanted to get rid of all the subfolders and combine the data.
I ran the following command from the directory these folders were situated in.
find ./Pictures -type f -name "*.jpg" -print0 |
xargs -0 -Imysongs mv -i mysongs ./Picturesnew "
Now seemingly the Picturesnew folder which should have appeared didn't appear at all and hence I am confused as to where 20000 JPG files of mine went.
move
move
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Why didn't you justfind ./Pictures -type f -name "*.jpg" -exec mv {} Picturesnew/ ;?
– Nasir Riley
1 hour ago
This would mean just one file left as./Picturesnewwould be treated as a target file name. Butmv -ishould be interactive. Were you asked 20000 times if you want to overwrite?
– Tomasz
52 mins ago
(1) The command that you posted has three"characters. Therefore, it should not have executed at all. (2) I believe thatmkdir Picturesnew && mv Pictures/* Picturesnewwould work (would have worked), assuming that you don't have any.files inPictures.
– G-Man
4 mins ago
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Why didn't you justfind ./Pictures -type f -name "*.jpg" -exec mv {} Picturesnew/ ;?
– Nasir Riley
1 hour ago
This would mean just one file left as./Picturesnewwould be treated as a target file name. Butmv -ishould be interactive. Were you asked 20000 times if you want to overwrite?
– Tomasz
52 mins ago
(1) The command that you posted has three"characters. Therefore, it should not have executed at all. (2) I believe thatmkdir Picturesnew && mv Pictures/* Picturesnewwould work (would have worked), assuming that you don't have any.files inPictures.
– G-Man
4 mins ago
Why didn't you just
find ./Pictures -type f -name "*.jpg" -exec mv {} Picturesnew/ ;?– Nasir Riley
1 hour ago
Why didn't you just
find ./Pictures -type f -name "*.jpg" -exec mv {} Picturesnew/ ;?– Nasir Riley
1 hour ago
This would mean just one file left as
./Picturesnew would be treated as a target file name. But mv -i should be interactive. Were you asked 20000 times if you want to overwrite?– Tomasz
52 mins ago
This would mean just one file left as
./Picturesnew would be treated as a target file name. But mv -i should be interactive. Were you asked 20000 times if you want to overwrite?– Tomasz
52 mins ago
(1) The command that you posted has three
" characters. Therefore, it should not have executed at all. (2) I believe that mkdir Picturesnew && mv Pictures/* Picturesnew would work (would have worked), assuming that you don't have any . files in Pictures.– G-Man
4 mins ago
(1) The command that you posted has three
" characters. Therefore, it should not have executed at all. (2) I believe that mkdir Picturesnew && mv Pictures/* Picturesnew would work (would have worked), assuming that you don't have any . files in Pictures.– G-Man
4 mins ago
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Why didn't you just
find ./Pictures -type f -name "*.jpg" -exec mv {} Picturesnew/ ;?– Nasir Riley
1 hour ago
This would mean just one file left as
./Picturesnewwould be treated as a target file name. Butmv -ishould be interactive. Were you asked 20000 times if you want to overwrite?– Tomasz
52 mins ago
(1) The command that you posted has three
"characters. Therefore, it should not have executed at all. (2) I believe thatmkdir Picturesnew && mv Pictures/* Picturesnewwould work (would have worked), assuming that you don't have any.files inPictures.– G-Man
4 mins ago