Various files and folders manipulation

-various_files_tips.md

Various files and folders manipulation tips

files_and_folders_manipulation.md

Various files and folders manipulation

Flat folder content

move all files, folder and subfiles of a root folder inside this root folder in a flatten way

• linux :

  • https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/493548
  • take care of duplicated files

  cd /FOLDER
  find . -mindepth 2 -type f -exec mv -t . --backup=t '{}' +
  

Move files outside its folder

• windows :

  cd /D X:\FOLDER
  for /D %A in ("*") do @for %B in ("%~fA"\*.*) do move /y "%B" "%~dpB..\"
  

Move files inside its own folder

• linux :

  cd /FOLDER
  for f in *; do mkdir "${f%.*}"; mv "$f" "${f%.*}"; done
  

Delete empty folders

• windows :

  set "FOLDER=X:\FOLDER"
  for /r "%FOLDER%" /d %F in (.) do @dir /b "%F" | findstr "^" >nul || echo %~fF && rmdir /Q "%~fF"
  

files_and_sizes.md

linux : list top files and folders

list top 10 biggest files into a folder and subfolders

folder="/"
find "${folder:-/}" -type f -exec du -Sh {} + 2>/dev/null | sort -rh | head -n 10

list top 10 biggest folders of a folder

folder="/"
du -Sh "${folder:-/}" 2>/dev/null | sort -rh | head -10

windows_file_explorer.md

Windows explorer

add context menu to a file to open new explorer into file location folder

register this setting in windows registry : https://github.com/StudioEtrange/windows-explorer-open-file-background-location