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March 26, 2016 06:46
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Bash alias to flatten a directory (one level at a time, won't clobber files, gives a bit of help)
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| alias flatten='if dlist=`ls -d */`; then for d in $dlist; do mv -n $d/* ./; done && rmdir $dlist || echo "Error removing directories. There are probably conflicting files." ; else echo "No directories to flatten"; fi' |
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