Attempting to combine numerous subfolders with varying names into a single directory.

F5F Stay Refreshed Hardware Desktop Attempting to combine numerous subfolders with varying names into a single directory.

JesseSSinger
Member

169

01-19-2016, 05:48 AM

I have a directory I'm working with (I'll name it folder 1). Inside that folder are 287 subfolders (these will be folder 2), each with unique names. Within those subfolders, there are 3 folders of the same type (folder 3). My goal is to collect all the folder 3s from folder 2 and combine them into a single folder with the same name. I'm struggling to figure out how to extract these folder 3s without manually handling each of the 287 subfolders. This is really frustrating—I need a solution that doesn't require moving files one by one. Can you help me find a way to do this automatically?

JesseSSinger

01-19-2016, 05:48 AM #1

QwertyCat
Member

198

01-19-2016, 08:22 AM

Attempted to rename all folders at once, but they kept ending with numbers so they didn’t combine.

QwertyCat

01-19-2016, 08:22 AM #2

Attempted to rename all folders at once, but they kept ending with numbers so they didn’t combine.

roligon
Junior Member

01-20-2016, 05:14 PM

You cannot have two items with identical names in the same directory, so it assigns a unique identifier. You may use the same name across both files and folders if needed.

roligon

01-20-2016, 05:14 PM #3

You cannot have two items with identical names in the same directory, so it assigns a unique identifier. You may use the same name across both files and folders if needed.

Ms1990
Member

01-25-2016, 04:59 PM

I understand the need for merging options. Sometimes it offers the choice to combine files or maintain separate folders through renaming. I wanted to know if merging is available so it could resolve your issue.

Ms1990

01-25-2016, 04:59 PM #4