根据目录名称移动文件（Linux / Debian /＃！）

Question

Question:

How do I move files from many sub-directories with the same name to a single directory of that name. All files in multiple directories named X should get moved together into one directory named X.

Example file structure:

(The real structure is 200-300 directories at the level I've marked as 1, 2, 3, etc., with varying numbers of directories below that.)

(Note all labels like Group _ are just that--labels. The actual names are irregular.)

• Disk

  • 1

    • Library
      • Music
        • Group A
          • Files
          • Files
          • Files
        • Group B
          • Files
          • Files
          • Files

  • 2

    • Library
      • Music
        • Group B
          • Files
          • Files
          • Files
        • Group C
          • Files
          • Files
          • Files
  • 3
    • Library
      • Music
        • Group C
          • Files
          • Files
          • Files
        • Group D
          • Files
          • Files
          • Files

The goal is to have files in various sub-directories with name "Group X" moved into a single directory with name "Group X", like so:

• Disk
  • 1
    • Library
      • Music
        • Group A
          • Files
          • Files
          • Files
        • Group B
          • Files
          • Files
          • Files
          • Files
          • Files
          • Files
        • Group C
          • Files
          • Files
          • Files
          • Files
          • Files
          • Files
        • Group D
          • Files
          • Files
          • Files

Thanks!

Answer 1

You would do something like:

dest="Group A"
find -type f | 
grep $dest | 
while read filename
do     
    echo mv $filename ${dest}/$(basename $filename)
done