Move multiple files from multiple folders to one folder

Question

I am looking for a .bat file that can look inside multiple folders that contain sub-folders that are named the same and move their contents to a specified folder.

Folder Structure:
Main_folder

MainTextures_folder
Props_folder
--model1_subfolder
------Textures_subfolder
----------image files
--model2_subfolder
-------Textures_subfolder
----------image files
--model3_subfolder
-------Textures_subfolder
----------image files
--model4_subfolder
-------Textures_subfolder
----------image files

I need all image files moved from their Textures_subfolder to the MainTextures_folder.

Thanks for any help.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6258908/move-all-files-in-a-folder-and-all-its-subfolders-into-one-big-folder-windows — krish kim, Jun 17 '13 at 13:30
the problem i have with this solution (which is a good one) is that there is a corresponding .meta file with each file within the entire folder structure. i do need to move the .meta files that correspond to the image files, but not the model files. therefore, if i add .meta to the search it will find files that i do not want to move (i.e. the .meta files for the models) — user2493464, Jun 17 '13 at 15:19

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 17 '13 at 15:19

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This expects model* folders under the props folder, and that each model* folder has a textures folder. The MainTextures folder is in the Main_folder.

It's untested and should move all files from each textures folder into the MainTextures folder.

@echo off
pushd "Main_folder\Props"
for /f "delims=" %%a in ('dir model* /b /ad') do (
move /-y "%%a\textures\*.*" "..\MainTextures"
)
popd

answered Jun 17 '13 at 15:19

foxidrive

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that worked great!!! now...you have "('dir model* /b /ad')", what needs to be written if each model folder has a unique name (model1 = truck_model, model2 = plane_model, etc)? – user2493464 Jun 17 '13 at 15:29
If each folder under Props is a model folder then remove `model*` altogether. – foxidrive Jun 17 '13 at 15:30
You're welcome. You can accept the answer, and others in future will know that it's worth trying. – foxidrive Jun 17 '13 at 23:17

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 17 '13 at 13:57

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for /r "Props_folder" %%x in (*.jpg *.png *.bmp *.whatever) move "%%~fx" "MainTextures_folder"

This code will overwrite all existing files.

answered Jun 17 '13 at 13:57

captcha

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this is not working for me. i copied the code and pasted it into a txt document and changed it to a bat file. put the file inside the main folder and ran it. nothing happened. – user2493464 Jun 17 '13 at 14:56

Move multiple files from multiple folders to one folder

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