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How do I move files and directories to the parent folder in Linux?

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Mar 15, 2026366172 views
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In Linux (Ubuntu), how do you move all the files and directories to the parent directory?

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I came here because I'm new to this subject as well. For some reason the above didn't do the trick for me. What I did to move all files from a dir to its parent dir was:

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