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To do so, Open a terminal and execute this command:
mv -v ~/Downloads/* ~/Videos/It will move all the files and folders from Downloads folder to Videos folder.
To Move all files, but not folders:
But, If you are interested to move all files (but not folders) from Downloads folder to Videos folder, use this command
find ~/Downloads/ -type f -print0 | xargs -0 mv -t ~/VideosTo move only files from the Download folders, but not from sub-folders:
If you want to move all files from the Downloads folder, but not any files within folders in the Download folder, use this command:
find ~/Downloads/ -maxdepth 1 -type f -print0 | xargs -0 mv -t ~/Videoshere,
-maxdepthoption specifies how deep find should try,1means, only the directory specified in the find command. You can try using2,3also to test.See the Ubuntu find manpage for a detailed explanation.