Here’s something I can’t figure out: When using dired to manage files, let’s say I have a top level directory with a ton of subdirectories, each with a GoPro video inside (unique name/time/date for each file name). How do I move them all at once to that top level directory for easier management/renaming? I don’t want to have to go into each directory and move them one at a time with R. Let’s say all of the files are MP4 or HEVC.
I know this is the emacs subreddit but I think it would be a better task for just the CLI ‘find’ command with mindepth and exec
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I’m saving that snippet for later use. Thank you.
Yeah I was thinking just do the move in the CLI as a trivial step and use dired for bulk remaining (wdired mode)
Yeah unfortunately, CLI scripting can get a little complex for me at times, and I knew that dired would have this built in somehow.
No, it wouldn’t :). You can certainly do it, but it is frankly, easier with Emacs only.