Move folder but keep preceding structure using shell in CENTOS6.8

Question

I have the following folder structure:

parent
├── child1
├── child2
└── child3
    └── childofchild
        └── childofchildofchild
            └── file.txt

I want to move childofchildofchild into a new folder, but keep the structure preceding it so the end result would be the following:

newfolder
└── child3
    └── childofchild
        └── childofchildofchild
            └── file.txt

Edit: I need the files removed from the original folder, not duplicated.

Possible duplicate of [Linux: copy and create destination dir if it does not exist](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1529946/linux-copy-and-create-destination-dir-if-it-does-not-exist) — David Florez, Jul 04 '17 at 20:26
So you want parent/child3/childofchild/foo to remain unchanged? — William Pursell, Jul 04 '17 at 22:47

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 04 '17 at 22:10

0

I don't really understand what are you trying to do, but something as ...?

mkdir parent/newfolder && mv parent/child3 parent/newfolder

I think I'm missing something tho

answered Jul 04 '17 at 22:10

criw

I guess this works. I'm generating a script to do this with over 2000 folders, so I was thinking of a single line solution, this might be an obvious solution I overlooked – Nicolás Videla Jul 05 '17 at 12:43
Glad it helped! – criw Jul 05 '17 at 14:05

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