We have a folder structure like this
dir 1
- dir A
- dir B
dir 2
- dir C
dir 3
dir 4
Need to move to other directory, all dirs and subdirs, to same level, like this
d:\basedir
dir 1
dir A
dir B
dir 2
dir C
dir 3
...
I¡ve tried this script but, doesn't works
for %%x in (%*) do (
move %%x d:\basedir\
)
The difficulty with the standard methods to solve this type of problems is that they works top-to-bottom, that is, they process first the top-most level folder. To correctly solve this problem the folders must be processed bottom-to-top: process first the last folders in the tree.
You may use the recursive process of a directory tree described at this answer
@echo off
cd D:\data\folder
call :treeProcess
goto :eof
:treeProcess
for /D %%d in (*) do (
cd "%%d"
call :treeProcess
cd ..
move "%%d" D:\basedir
)
exit /b
Or, in a simpler way:
@echo off
cd D:\data\folder
:treeProcess
for /D %%d in (*) do (
cd "%%d"
call :treeProcess
cd ..
move "%%d" D:\basedir
)
When you move a directory, its sub-directories are no longer available at the source location, so you need to first handle sub-directories before you move their parents:
rem /* Iterate through all directories in the tree, and change the default
rem top-to-bottom order to bottom-to-top order per each sub-branch: */
for /F "delims= eol=|" %%I in ('
dir /S /B /A:D-H-S "D:\source\*" ^| sort /R
') do (
move "%%~I" "D:\basedir\"
)
If you just want the sub- and sub-sub-directories to be moved but not deeper ones, use this code instead:
rem // Iterate through immediate child directories:
for /D %%J in ("D:\source\*") do (
rem // Iterate through grandchild directories:
for /D %%I in ("%%~J\*") do (
rem // Move current grandchild directory:
move "%%~I" "D:\basedir\"
)
rem // Move current child directory:
move "%%~J" "D:\basedir\"
)
FOR /D should do what you need.
Consider this example:
SET "SOURCE_DIR=n:\path\to\data"
FOR /D %%d IN (%SOURCE_DIR%\*.*) DO (
@ECHO %%~fd
)
It returns the absolute path to all the directories underneath SOURCE_DIR.