harangutang/Flatten-the-Hierarchy

Takes all files from a directory and any associated subdirectories and recursively copies them to another single directory. Flattens the file structure to just one directory.

Flatten-the-Hierarchy

Description: Flatten-the-Hierarchy is a simple bash script which automates what should be simple task. Flatten-the-Hierarchy takes all files from a directory and any associated subdirectories and recurisively copies them to another single directory. Flattens the file structure to one directory. Usefull for digital forensics, file management, etc.

Requirements: Linux or MacOS with bash shell. Currently tested and functional on MacOS Mojave.

Instructions:

1. Download flatten-the-hierachy.sh from Github: [ https://github.com/xoonel/Flatten-the-Hierarchy.git ].
2. Make flatten-the-hierachy.sh executable if not already. Can be be made executable by navigating to directory where saved and enter the following in a bash terminal: [ chmod a+x flatten-the-hierachy.sh ]
3. Run flatten-the-hierachy.sh by navigating to directory where saved and enter the following in bash terminal: [ bash flatten-the-hierahy.sh ]
4. Follow instrutions on screen.

Future Features: Exclude/include various file types. Tab complete file paths. Files copied and directories flattened metrics. General formatting of output messages for ease of reading. Script termination hold for non-persistence shells.