How to move recursively into one folder

patrick99e99 · #1 (**permalink**) 06-27-2006

Hi,

I have a folder with a million subdirectories which all have a million files in them (some of them duplicates)..

I am looking for the right program command to move all of the files out of the directories and into one folder-- and replace all of the duplicates..

If anyone has any ideas, that would be great. thanks!

-patrick

qfwfq · #2 (**permalink**) 06-27-2006

Here, that should do it. All files having the same name will be overwritten but at the end, you will have only a copy of each file...

Code:

#!/usr/bin/sh

DES_DIR=name of the destination directory for the files to be copied
ORI_DIR=your original directory containing all subdirectories

cd $ORI_DIR
find . -type f  -exec cp {} $DES_DIR \;

I suggest you use the cp command in the script and then remove the files manually using command line.

patrick99e99 · #3 (**permalink**) 06-27-2006

thank you so much! that worked perfectly.

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