move all files to parent directory linux code example

Example 1: linux move everything in a directory to another directory

mv  -v ~/Downloads/* ~/Videos/

Example 2: linux move folder and subfolders to parent

cd to/the/dir
mv * ../

Example 3: linux move all files up a directory

mv myfolder/* .

Example 4: move all subfolders to parent folder linux

find . -maxdepth 1 -exec mv {} .. \;