Applescript to move files in a folder to the parent folder.

I've got tens of thousands of files in folders that I'd like to be automatically moved out of the folder thier in to the parent folder.
For example:
Summer Vacation/img/photo.jpg
I need all of the files in the folder img to be moved out of img and into Summer Vacation.
Monthy Report/final/report.ppt
I need all of the files in the folder final to be moved out of final and into Monthly Report.
So the specifics are many and varying. A script that would work without specific file and fodler names might work better.
Any thought on this would be greatly appreciated.

You can use launchd to run a script daily.
The script would move files that are older than 7 days (based on the access time) from the Downloads Folder to the Desktop (edit as needed):
#!/bin/bash
seven_days_ago=$(date -v -168H +%s)
for f in ~/Downloads/*
do
          if [ -e "$f" ] ; then
                    if [ $(stat -f %Da "$f") -lt $seven_days_ago ]; then
                              mv "$f" ~/Desktop
                    fi
          fi
done
Put this script in your favorite Folder (I use ~/Library/Scripts)
Now to trigger the script daily, place this launchd plist in ~/Library/LaunchAgents/, and edit for the location of the script, and when you want it to run (I have it at 8:24pm daily). Reboot (or log out and back in) for the launchd to take effect.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
          <key>KeepAlive</key>
          <false/>
          <key>Label</key>
          <string>com.tonyt.MoveFiles</string>
          <key>ProgramArguments</key>
          <array>
                    <string>/Users/Tony/Library/Scripts/MoveFiles.sh</string>
          </array>
          <key>StartCalendarInterval</key>
          <dict>
                    <key>Hour</key>
                    <integer>20</integer>
                    <key>Minute</key>
                    <integer>24</integer>
          </dict>
</dict>
</plist>

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