From 5b16582597be45cd3e33b64e4e3dee911da5316a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sam Hadow <sam.hadow@inbox.lv>
Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:10:28 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] flatten script

---
 README.md  |  4 ++++
 flatten.sh | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 27 insertions(+)
 create mode 100755 flatten.sh

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7d501a7..6d26109 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -18,3 +18,7 @@ returns a matrix access token
 ### convert_md_to_pdf.sh
 (need to be used with listings-setup.tex in the same folder, xelatex and pandoc are required)   
 convert infile.md in the current folder to a pdf file (outfile.pdf) with code blocks in red boxes.
+
+### flatten.sh
+move all the files in $1 subdirectories to $1.   
+**Careful**, this operation is irreversible and manually moving back all the files to where they were supposed to be will be a pain if you flatten your home folder.
diff --git a/flatten.sh b/flatten.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..8b579a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flatten.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+src_dir=$1
+cd "$src_dir" || { echo "Directory not found: $src_dir"; exit 1; }
+
+# Find all files and move them to the root directory
+find . -type f -exec sh -c '
+    for file_path do
+        file_name=$(basename "$file_path")
+        target_file="./$file_name"
+        if [[ "$file_path" != "$target_file" ]]; then
+            if [ -e "$target_file" ]; then
+                count=1
+                while [ -e "./$file_name.$count" ]; do
+                    count=$((count + 1))
+                done
+                target_file="./$file_name.$count"
+            fi
+            mv "$file_path" "$target_file"
+        fi
+    done
+' sh {} +
+
+echo "Flattening completed."