Want to batch move all files from directories into the parent directory and delete the subdirectory

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I have a Windows Directory with about 8000 subdirectories. In each subdirectory there is a single zip file. Is there a way I can batch script the move of each zip file to be moved to the parent directory, and then delete the subdirectory it was in? (Sub folder) I know I can use xcopy to move files, but I'm not sure how to loop through the entire directory of sub directories. Thank you!

Endoro · Answer 1 · 2013-08-23T03:27:33.673

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@ECHO OFF &SETLOCAL
FOR /f "delims=" %%a IN ('dir /b /a-d /s *.zip') DO (
    MOVE "%%~fa" ..
    RD "%%~dpa"
)

edited Aug 23 '13 at 03:27

answered Aug 22 '13 at 23:09

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This might suffer from the FOR problem where the filespec is processed multiple times. It is probably processing them as it goes. A solution is to use the `FOR /F` command. – foxidrive Aug 23 '13 at 00:06

Want to batch move all files from directories into the parent directory and delete the subdirectory

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