mv is a UNIX command to move a file to another directory or rename it.
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What happened when I "mv *"? No errors were shown and now only one folder is left. Why?
The command executed was "mv space *" in a folder with 14 GB of data.
mv *
du -hs
is the same so where has the 14 GB of data gone? What have I done?
user3032965
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mv: inter-device move makes moving a directory to a directory with same name a different operation?
Given:
# mv /mnt/hard/git-src/
/usr/portage/distfiles/
mv: inter-device move failed:
/mnt/hard/git-src/' to
/usr/portage/distfiles/git-src';
unable to remove target: Is a
directory
And
cd /tmp; mkdir a b; mdkir a/c b/c;
touch a/c/1…
kagali-san
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mv deleting files at the end instead of one by one
I am moving a folder recursively between two filesystems using mv -v.
It seems like deletions happen at the end (in order to make mv transactional ?). I don't have enough space to hold two copies of the same folder, is there a way to force mv to…
Paperino
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How do I move all files except those that begin with a "."?
I'm using bash shell on Mac 10.9.5. Within a certain directory, how do I move all non-hidden files -- taht is, all those that don't start witih a "."?
Thanks, - Dave
Dave
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Using `mv` to rename a file in nested directory
Suppose I want to rename a file several directories down. I do,
mv dirA/dirB/dirC/name.suf dirA/dirB/dirC/newname.suf
Is there any easier way to type this? One option would be
cd dirA/dirB/dirC
mv name.suf newname.suf
cd -
Anything better?
countunique
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Want to move file over network (not copy)
I would like to move file on network [Linux].
This is not working:
mv {file} user@machine:/
How can I do this?
And I prefer not using scp command to first copy and delete.
S R
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Added files and folders gone after MV run
I ran mv /folder1/folder2/folder3/ /folderA/FolderB/FolderC/. Then I added more files and folders to /folder1/folder2/folder3/ during the move. It seems all of the files I added after I started the mv command are gone. I thought they would either be…
