How do I replace a folder with its only subfolder of the same name in CLI?

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Suppose that I have only the following in ~/foo:



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foo


With file managers if I cut the subfolder foo and paste it into ~ it automatically replaces the contents of ~/foo with that of ~/foo/foo.



But is there a native command-line tool to do so, although I can achieve the goal with a function, too?




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    Suppose that I have only the following in ~/foo:



    .
    ..
    foo


    With file managers if I cut the subfolder foo and paste it into ~ it automatically replaces the contents of ~/foo with that of ~/foo/foo.



    But is there a native command-line tool to do so, although I can achieve the goal with a function, too?




    shell command-line files move




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      Suppose that I have only the following in ~/foo:



      .
      ..
      foo


      With file managers if I cut the subfolder foo and paste it into ~ it automatically replaces the contents of ~/foo with that of ~/foo/foo.



      But is there a native command-line tool to do so, although I can achieve the goal with a function, too?




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      Suppose that I have only the following in ~/foo:



      .
      ..
      foo


      With file managers if I cut the subfolder foo and paste it into ~ it automatically replaces the contents of ~/foo with that of ~/foo/foo.



      But is there a native command-line tool to do so, although I can achieve the goal with a function, too?





      shell command-line files move





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          I don’t know any way to do it in one step,
          but the easiest way around the problem is to remove the problem. 
          The fact that the two directories have the same name is a problem;
          so, rename one of them:



          mv foo foo2 && mv foo2/foo foo && rmdir foo2





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            Or with GNU mv: mv -iT foo/foo foo2 && mv -T foo2 foo. One question would be: which foo would we like to preserve the metadata of?
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          I don’t know any way to do it in one step,
          but the easiest way around the problem is to remove the problem. 
          The fact that the two directories have the same name is a problem;
          so, rename one of them:



          mv foo foo2 && mv foo2/foo foo && rmdir foo2





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            Or with GNU mv: mv -iT foo/foo foo2 && mv -T foo2 foo. One question would be: which foo would we like to preserve the metadata of?
            – Stéphane Chazelas
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          I don’t know any way to do it in one step,
          but the easiest way around the problem is to remove the problem. 
          The fact that the two directories have the same name is a problem;
          so, rename one of them:



          mv foo foo2 && mv foo2/foo foo && rmdir foo2





          share|improve this answer



















          • 1




            Or with GNU mv: mv -iT foo/foo foo2 && mv -T foo2 foo. One question would be: which foo would we like to preserve the metadata of?
            – Stéphane Chazelas
            Apr 29 at 6:43













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          I don’t know any way to do it in one step,
          but the easiest way around the problem is to remove the problem. 
          The fact that the two directories have the same name is a problem;
          so, rename one of them:



          mv foo foo2 && mv foo2/foo foo && rmdir foo2





          share|improve this answer















          I don’t know any way to do it in one step,
          but the easiest way around the problem is to remove the problem. 
          The fact that the two directories have the same name is a problem;
          so, rename one of them:



          mv foo foo2 && mv foo2/foo foo && rmdir foo2






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            Or with GNU mv: mv -iT foo/foo foo2 && mv -T foo2 foo. One question would be: which foo would we like to preserve the metadata of?
            – Stéphane Chazelas
            Apr 29 at 6:43













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            Or with GNU mv: mv -iT foo/foo foo2 && mv -T foo2 foo. One question would be: which foo would we like to preserve the metadata of?
            – Stéphane Chazelas
            Apr 29 at 6:43








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          Or with GNU mv: mv -iT foo/foo foo2 && mv -T foo2 foo. One question would be: which foo would we like to preserve the metadata of?
          – Stéphane Chazelas
          Apr 29 at 6:43





          Or with GNU mv: mv -iT foo/foo foo2 && mv -T foo2 foo. One question would be: which foo would we like to preserve the metadata of?
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