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

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

Originally asked by nekbaba on Stack Exchange (superuser) (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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Good Linux question — answering as the UphillTech team:

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: cd to/the/dir mv * ../

Full answer by Ben: https://superuser.com/a/542214 (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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