bash script to flatten a dir

_src/files/flatten.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Set the source and destination directories
+src_dir="./emojis_categorized"
+dest_dir="../emojis"
+
+# Navigate to the source directory
+cd "$src_dir" || exit
+
+# Find all files in subdirectories and loop through them
+find . -type f -not -path '*/\.*' -print0 | while IFS= read -r -d $'\0' file; do
+
+    # build the new filename
+    filename=$(echo "$file" | sed 's/\//+/g' | sed 's/^.+/..\/emojis\//g')
+    echo "$filename"
+    echo "$file"
+
+    # # Copy the file to the destination directory with the new filename
+    cp "$file" "$filename"
+done
+
+# echo "Flat folder creation complete!"