Power unpack

[MatthewReid854]

Description of the new feature / enhancement

Power unpack should move all the files within a directory up into the directory of the selected folder. This is flattening a directory tree by unpacking all the contents.

Scenario when this would be used?

A user has a folder containing many sub folders and each of those have a bunch of files. The user wants to move all the files into into a single folder. They would normally need to copy and paste the files manually for each subfolder. With power unpack the user can right click on the parent folder and select power unpack to move all the files from each subfolder into the directory of the parent folder with much less effort.

Supporting information

Suggested usage: Right click on a folder and select power unpack. The files from within the selected folder will be moved to the parent directory of the selected folder.
Suggested options: allow settings for number of levels to unpack. If levels=1 then a sub folder within the selected folder would be treated like a file and not unpacked. If levels=2 then the contents of the subfolder would also be unpacked. If levels=all then everything would be unpacked.

[crutkas]

Let’s talk more about the scenario. I would love to better understand the constant need for this style action versus a one off. What prompts the need

you could do this via search with a ., select all, and cut/paste which is why I ask. /needinfo

[MatthewReid854]

It's easily possible to achieve this by other more manual means (copying and pasting each folder or searching for all file extensions and then copying and pasting), but having a right click shortcut for Power Unpack that can be applied on a folder is a matter of convenience that I believe would be useful to enough users that it warrants implementation.

I personally have wanted a tool like this for years. Most applications for me center around reorganizing folder contents where files are more nested than they need to be and I just want everything in one folder (such as music or pictures).

I'm hoping the relative simplicity to implement this is worth the small yet meaningful benefit to productivity for those who could used a tool such as Power Unpack.

[crutkas]

/dup #9269

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