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Flatten subdirectories (Linux)
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This

find -type f -exec mv {} ./ \;

turns this

/folder
    /subfolder1
        /subsubfolder
           file3
    /subfolder2
        file1
        file2

into this

/folder
    file1
    file2
    file3
    /subfolder1
      /subsubfolder
    /subfolder2
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