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moving multiple files in multiple directories

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I have a directory, within are many directories (abc1 abc2 abc3 etc.) that contain a sub-directory - always the same name (MATCHING_STRING) - full of files. I want to remove that sub-directory (MATCHING_STRING), keeping files in their own abc# directory. I don't want all files ending up in 1 location as would happen with mv */* .

before:

Main/
├─ abc1/
│ ├─ MATCHING_STRING/
│ │ ├─ xyz1 │ │ ├─ xyz2
├─ abc2/
│ ├─ MATCHING_STRING/
│ │ ├─ xyz1 │ │ ├─ xyz2

After:

Main/
├─ abc1/
│ ├─ xyz2 │ ├─ xyz1
├─ abc2/
│ ├─ xyz2 │ ├─ xyz1

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rfm
Where do want the files to be after the directory is gone? Might help if you gave a before/after example (just a few files) of what you want.
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user1089761

I would use PowerShell for that (but you can also use the find command)

find Option

You will lose files that have duplicate names

The Folder before

~/test$ tree
.
├── abc1
│   └── string
│       ├── file1
│       └── file2
└── abc2
    └── string
        ├── file1
        └── file2

4 directories, 4 files

Execution

~/test$ for i in */string; do cd $(dirname $i); find . -type f -exec mv '{}' . \;;cd ..; done

The Folder after

~/test$ tree
.
├── abc1
│   ├── file1
│   ├── file2
│   └── string
└── abc2
    ├── file1
    ├── file2
    └── string

4 directories, 4 files

source for the find command source for the loop

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