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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers How to move all files in a directory and subdirectory? Post 302535668 by Straitsfan on Friday 1st of July 2011 11:02:35 AM
Old 07-01-2011
How to move all files in a directory and subdirectory?
I'm trying to organize my MB Pro by moving all my jpeg files to a single folder from the desktop. There are some on the desktop that are not in any folder. I was at the command line and typed
Code:
mv *.jpg "Jpeg files"

but it only moved the files that were on the desktop, not any of the ones that were in any subdirectories. I'm forgetting something here -- can someone tell me how to get all the jpeg files (or any other files of a type, for that matter) -- no matter which subdirectory they're in -- and move them to the designated folder I want?
Last edited by Franklin52; 07-04-2011 at 04:04 AM.. Reason: Please use code tags for code and data samples, thank you
 

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