short ruby script used to move movies in a file structure created by itunes into a flat structure

mv_contents_up.rb

#!/usr/bin/env ruby

# for each directory in the current directory:
#
#   1. move its contents up one directory (out of its current directory)
#   2. remove the (now empty) directory
#
# ( note: skips hidden files and . and .. )

require 'pry'
require 'fileutils'

Dir.foreach(".") do |entry|
  next if entry.start_with?('.')

  if File.directory?(entry)
    puts "moving contents of #{ entry } up."

    FileUtils.mv Dir.glob(entry + "/*"), "."
    FileUtils.rm_r entry
  end


end

exit