Vomit — Shell Utility [expand directory (flatten top folder only)]

vomit

#!/bin/sh

# Vomit 0.1
# Copyright © 2018 Adam Dąbrowski
# https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
#
# Usage: vomit [DIR]
# Move content of DIR outside and remove DIR.


# print help
if [ "$1" == "--help" ] || [ "$1" == "-h" ]; then
	printf "Vomit 0.1 — Copyright ©️ 2018 Adam Dąbrowski\n"
	printf "https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT\n\n"

	printf "Usage: %s [DIR]\n" $(basename $0)
	printf "Move content of DIR outside and remove DIR. \n"
	exit 0
fi

# abort on error
set -e
# move files out of dir
(shopt -s nullglob && mv $1/* $1/.[!.]* . && shopt -u nullglob) 2> /dev/null \
		|| (>&2 echo "vomit: couldn't move content" && exit 1)
# remove empty dir
([ $(find $1 -maxdepth 0 -type d -empty) ] && rm -r $1) 2> /dev/null \
		|| (>&2 echo "vomit: couldn't clean up leftover dir" && exit 2)
		
exit 0