Synology Script - How to Efficiently Move Items from Subfolders to Parent Folder

If you have a Synology NAS device and need to move all the files and folders within a sub-directory to the top directory, it can be done quickly with a simple script.

Creating a New Bash Script File

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#!/bin/bash

# Set the target directory to search
rootdir="/volume1/target"

# Find all files in the root directory and its subdirectories
find "$rootdir" -type f | while read filename; do
  # Get the parent directory of the file
  parent_dir=$(dirname "$filename")
  # Move the file to the parent directory
  mv "$filename" "$rootdir"
done

P.S. Are you still moving files around like they’re pieces on a chessboard? Come on, time is precious! Let’s automate this thing and save some brainpower for the tough coding challenges. 😉 Cheers. 🍺