How to move all files within subfolders into a new folder using bash?

Question

I have a folder that I downloaded all my fonts to. When I opened the folder i noticed they were saved out into subfolders.

Is there a bash-shell script to grab all the files within the subfolders and move them to the parent folder?

Answer 1

You can move files with same extensions recursively using the wildcards. eg if you want to move all log files in nested folders under log/ directory into backup/ directory, you can use the following command:

mv log/**/*.log backup/