loop move files up one directory level
 

I am trying to recursively move files with a certain pattern in some directories up one level in their path and then remove them from the original location.

How can I write that ${VARIABLE MEANING UPPER LEVEL THAN $i}?

Osio

P.S. Most of the code above is inspired by CroMagnon's post http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...43#post1217543, although in the IFS bit I really don't know what I'm doing :)

I am not 100% sure what you are doing, but have you considered doing: "$i/../" for your upper level? Or something along those lines. if $i is "hello/world", then $i/.. is "hello/". Is that what you wanted?

Hi.

How about '$i/..'

Dave

Edit. Ack. Too late by far.

I define a variable with a pattern. Then I want to find files with that pattern in listed directories of a given one. Once found, I simply want to move those files from those directories up to the given directory.

Matir, I'm sorry but I don't understand. I've tried defining variables like
but when I do
and

You'll have to deal with each file individually. At the moment, you've got all the paths in one variable.

Something like:would move all files in the current directory up a directory. You can add options to the find command to specify which files to move. See the find man page for further fun.

Dave

Then the 'mv $i/$j' wouldn't work either, as it would only append $j to the last item in $i. You will need to split it.

find . | grep pattern |
while read file;do
echo mv "$file" to_here
done

Thanks guys; the ${var}/.. works beautifully.

Glad it worked out for you. Hope your whole project goes that smoothly. :)