Move all files to folder root & sort into subfolder of kind

Good morning,

I hope you will be able to help me.
I have looked on the forum a way to try that, but I am a bit lost.
I started with this post viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1531
but it recreates subfolders if the depth is higher than one...

The forum is so big and varied that i can't really find what I want.

Basically I have client folders, with different subfolders and files in them.

Code: Select all: Folder Subfolder Subfolder Files.psd Files.img Files.3d Files.ai Subfolder Files.png Files.jpg Files

I would like to find a way to bring all the folder/subfolder content to the root of the Folder
Then apply rules to all the files to sort them ( I think this one should be easy...) So my folder is now clean like that.

Code: Select all: Folder Subfolder Img File.png File.png File.png File.jpg File.jpg File.jpg Subfolder psd Files.psd Files.psd Subfolder 3d File.3d

So far with the first post / I managed to do it with one level of depth, using the move to enclosing folder function
but obviously if it is deeper, it creates the subfolders in that folder.
Also I don't know how to prevent the rule applying when it has been sorted.
I have used tags with

Code: Select all: IF DO NOT CONTAIN TAG

but then it prevents all rules from working.

If someone has the patience to help I would really appreciate it.

PS : I know it is a bit like i am asking someone to clean my room :lol:

Thanks

Ed

I'm not quite following. You just want all the files under "Folder"? If so, the post by ecormany should work. Use the (fixed location) solution, not the (push upwards).

Thank you Mr_noodle for your response.
I am still a bit confused though...

More precisely : I have several messy folders with files and subfolders. I want them to be resorted into subfolders of kind. ( all images in one folder, all psd in another, all pdf in another and so on... )

I Assumed the easiest way would be to do :

1- bring all files to the root of the ruled folder
2- create a rule for each kind of file ( if this kind of file then sort into subfolders Kind )
3- stop the rule to apply on created folders.

But I can't make it work. and as i have like 200 folders, I was hoping to have a way to apply it to many different messy folder at once... I will try again

Here is the rule I have created

https://www.dropbox.com/s/hd4f4uaxz3rt014/test.hazelrules?dl=0
and the folder sample I am using to test
https://www.dropbox.com/s/x1f4lk34lrdm1v8/test.zip?dl=0

Somehow, It aborts the next rules after bringing all the files to the folder root

I you have an idea...

One thing to note is that your last rule won't ever fire because the 2nd rule will match every folder (thus never getting to the last rule). Have you tried using the preview? I would make heavy use of that to make sure your rules are set up as expected.

Also, it might be easier if you use a whole separate other folder for the destination instead of trying to reorganizing things in place.

Thank you for your last point Mr_noodle. I will try doing this by creating a new folder...
And the preview feature i am not sure how to read it...

I will try more anyway.

Thanks