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Old 02-25-2016
Move all files one directory level up
I want to move all the files in a given directory up one level.

For example:

Dir1
Subdir1

I want to move all the files in Subdir1 up to Dir1 (then I want to ultimately delete Subdir1)

Thanks,

Ted
# 2  
Old 02-25-2016
Making lots of assumption about what shell you might be using, how many files there might be in Subdir1, and the lengths of the names of the files in Subdir1, the simple thing to try first would be something like:
Code:
cd DIr1/Subdir1 && mv * .. && cd .. && rmdir Subdir1

# 3  
Old 02-25-2016
Thanks so much. I could not find any answer to what "&&" means, but I think it is a way to separate many commands so you can write them all on a single line. Is that correct?
# 4  
Old 02-25-2016
man bash:
Quote:
AND and OR lists are sequences of one of more pipelines separated by the && and || control operators, respectively. AND and OR lists are executed with left associa‐
tivity. An AND list has the form

command1 && command2

command2 is executed if, and only if, command1 returns an exit status of zero.
# 5  
Old 02-25-2016
Cool. Thanks. I am quite a newbie at this, but I think I understand. So || means OR?

e.g. command1 || command2

Command2 would be executed only if command1 is not executed. Correct?
# 6  
Old 02-25-2016
No.

man bash:
Code:
       An OR list has the form

              command1 || command2

       command2 is executed if and only if command1 returns a non-zero exit status.  The return status of AND and OR lists is the exit status of the last command executed  in
       the list.

# 7  
Old 02-25-2016
Given that I don't understand what an exit status is, I was afraid that would be your answer. I just started trying to understand this stuff, and I am sure that one day I will get it. Thanks for your help.

Ted
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