shell folder move to upper folder

Question

I am total new to shell scripting. I have to write a script that moves every file/folder to the folder above.

d/doc/new_x/x

d/doc/new_y/y

d/doc/new_z/z

x,y,z should be moved to d/doc/

x,y,z can be folders or files

for d in */; do
  mv $d /.
done

I'm unsure of how to move the directories to the folder above.

Edit: Sorry made mistake in foldernames

its

d/doc/new_x/x and x has to be moved to d/doc

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score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Jun 13 '17 at 13:20

1

Run in your directory (folder):

mv  -v ./* ../

This will move all the files and directories to the upper directory.

edited Jun 13 '17 at 13:20

chepner

answered Jun 13 '17 at 13:17

alibaba

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