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organizing PDF files using the terminal — super clear for beginners:

✅ /blog/organize-pdf-terminal.md#

---slug: organize-pdf-terminaltitle: How to Organize All PDF Files Using the Terminalauthor: Frádely Dilonétags: [pdf, terminal, organize, beginner]---
If you have PDF files scattered all over your system and want to organize them in one place, here’s how to do it from the terminal.
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### 🧭 Step 1: Open your terminal and go to your home folder
```bashcd ~

📁 Step 2: Create a folder for all PDFs#

mkdir all-my-pdfs

🔍 Step 3: Find and move all PDFs into it#

find . -type f -name "*.pdf" -exec mv {} all-my-pdfs/ \;

This will search from your current location and move every .pdf file into the all-my-pdfs folder.

✅ Done!#

Now all your PDFs are together. You can:

  • Open the folder
  • Zip it:
zip -r my-pdfs.zip all-my-pdfs
  • Back it up or share it

Simple and clean!