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I wanted to recursively move files from a Folder(Pictures) to another(Picturesnew).
The "Pictures" Folder had many Subfolders and and hence i used this command after following up the posts here.



Both Pictures and Picturesnew were in the same directory. I just wanted to get rid of all the subfolders and combine the data.



I ran the following command from the directory these folders these folders were situated in.



" find ./Pictures -type f -name "*.jpg" -print0 | xargs -0 -Imysongs mv -i mysongs ./Picturesnew "



Now seemingly the Picturesnew folder which should have appeared didnt appear at all and hence i am confused as to where 20000 JPG files of mine went.









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    I wanted to recursively move files from a Folder(Pictures) to another(Picturesnew).
    The "Pictures" Folder had many Subfolders and and hence i used this command after following up the posts here.



    Both Pictures and Picturesnew were in the same directory. I just wanted to get rid of all the subfolders and combine the data.



    I ran the following command from the directory these folders these folders were situated in.



    " find ./Pictures -type f -name "*.jpg" -print0 | xargs -0 -Imysongs mv -i mysongs ./Picturesnew "



    Now seemingly the Picturesnew folder which should have appeared didnt appear at all and hence i am confused as to where 20000 JPG files of mine went.









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      I wanted to recursively move files from a Folder(Pictures) to another(Picturesnew).
      The "Pictures" Folder had many Subfolders and and hence i used this command after following up the posts here.



      Both Pictures and Picturesnew were in the same directory. I just wanted to get rid of all the subfolders and combine the data.



      I ran the following command from the directory these folders these folders were situated in.



      " find ./Pictures -type f -name "*.jpg" -print0 | xargs -0 -Imysongs mv -i mysongs ./Picturesnew "



      Now seemingly the Picturesnew folder which should have appeared didnt appear at all and hence i am confused as to where 20000 JPG files of mine went.









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      I wanted to recursively move files from a Folder(Pictures) to another(Picturesnew).
      The "Pictures" Folder had many Subfolders and and hence i used this command after following up the posts here.



      Both Pictures and Picturesnew were in the same directory. I just wanted to get rid of all the subfolders and combine the data.



      I ran the following command from the directory these folders these folders were situated in.



      " find ./Pictures -type f -name "*.jpg" -print0 | xargs -0 -Imysongs mv -i mysongs ./Picturesnew "



      Now seemingly the Picturesnew folder which should have appeared didnt appear at all and hence i am confused as to where 20000 JPG files of mine went.







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