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What can cause the move command to return “0 files?”
I have a batch file which uses a move command to pull files from another computer:
move \\otherpc\source\directory\*.bin c:\destination\
Normally, if there are indeed no files which match the ...
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Move files based on list of old and new file paths
What is an efficient way to rename files in OSX/BSD from a text file for files assumed to stay in original folder, but in the format of;
/path/old file name.ext\tnew file name.ext
There may be ...
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Windows Move Command: Odd 'Access Denied'
I am trying to move folders from D: to C: but am getting 'Access Denied'. I have ownership and full control over every folder in question and am running as local admin in administrator mode. What's ...
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Find and move hidden files from sub-directories with batch file not working
I'm trying to use this batch file to find and move files... but it does not work on hidden files.
What's missing?
@echo off
setlocal
set root=E:\backup
set dest=E:\Tmp
for /f "delims=" %%f in ('dir ...
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How do I set the cursor to stop when it hits the end of a line in Vim?
(Disclamer: I'm new to Vim.)
I've mistakenly managed to enable cursor movements to travel anywhere on the screen, i.e. beyond end of lines. This makes it very tedious to spot redundant whitespaces, ...
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win 7: copy all files from a complex folder structure to one folder
I'd have a complex folder structure like:
h:\folder1\folder2\folder3
h:\folder1\folder2\a
h:\folder1\b
h:\folder1\folder3
h:\folder1\folder4\d
Only with probably 100's of folders and a depth of ...
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Using grep to move files, Mac
I want to do a search using grep inside all the files of a directory for the pattern '@mail.ru>' (to clean up a mess from a spammer). Using Mac OS X's command line, which should be similar to most ...
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Move “Documents and Settings” to its own volume
When I set up my old PC with Windows XP Home (SP2) 4 GB were plenty of space.
Some years later with SP3 installed, many many patches later and with several concurrent .net installations that I can`t ...
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Moving hidden files/folders with the command-line or batch-file
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Does anyone know of a way to move files and folders that have the hidden, system, or read-only attribute set from the command-line or a batch file? (No, stripping the attributes first is not ...
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Being able to move Desktop Icons
Just been upgraded to Windows 7. How do I move the Desktop icons freeley and be able to place them where I like?
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How to rename and move files to new directory
I would like to rename a file that is uploaded to another server from extension .txt to .txt_mvd and move to a different directory for archiving in a Windows batch mode. Can anyone help with what the ...
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How can I move files from 2-level folders to 1-level folder
I have a bunch of files stored in a file directory as such
root_folder
-- folder1
--folder1_2
--bunch of files here
-- folder2
--folder2_2
--bunch of files here
-- ...
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Windows 7 rightclick menu from toolbar like ALT-SPACE?
The menu containing Restore, Move, Resize, Minimize, Maximize and Close accessible through right click on a window titlebar or click on the upper left form icon, was before the new Aero stuff ...
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When I move or delete files, they occasionally appear right back where they were a day later
When I move or delete files, they occasionally appear right back where they were a day later. Also, when I move files, they not only re-appear where I moved them from, they are also where I moved them ...
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Moving a Mercurial repository between OS's
I have been working with a local Mercurial repository on my Ubuntu PC for my personal documents. I am planning on using Windows more frequently, so I would like to move the repository over to my ...
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How do I move the selection down one row in Excel 2007?
Is there a way to move a selected range to the next row?
Let's say I have "E9:H9" selected and want the selection to move to "E10:H10". Is there a shortcut for it? The selection should not be ...
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CMD MOVE can't replace directories in WIN 7
The MOVE command does not work when to ovewrite a directory. I have also tryed to run cmd with admin rights.
I'm posting this question with more info so you can easily test it self.
Make your own ...
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“Access denied” when trying to move a directory in Windows 7 [closed]
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Access denied, cmd move windows 7
I can't use this command in Windows 7 when I want to move a directory. If the destination exists, it says "Access denied".
Why does ...
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Access denied, cmd move windows 7
I can't use this command in win 7 when want to move a directory if the destination exists. It says Access denied. Why hapens this? It worked in XP.
move /y "%1" c:\mydir\
I can use robocopy, but ...
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Copy all files from multiple subfolders into a folder on Ubuntu
I have downloaded over 7000 ebooks from Gutenburg, but the issue is is that they are all in zip files. and each of these zip files is in its own folder. I am trying to move all of the zip files into a ...
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Moving files from one partition to another on an SSD
If a drive doesn't know about partitions and files systems why moving a file from one partition to another takes relatively long time, unlike the instantaneous move on the same partition? Is that file ...
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Photoshop cs5 weird move layer problem
I updated my Photoshop to 12.0.4 and having problem when I try to move a layer with mouse even I disable 'snap'. There is no problem if I try to move with keyboard. DO you have any idea how to fix ...
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move root with rsync -aHA but sudo not work. How to fix?
I ran rsync -aHA --delete --devices -S -xv /media/tmp/oldroot/ /media/newroot/.
After I reboot, I can login. But I cannot use sudo and passwd.
How to fix this?
$ sudo ls
sudo: must be setuid root
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Copying from External Hard Drive problems
I am trying to copy some files from my External Hard Drive back onto my PC using Windows 7.
Some files copy with no error or issue, but there are a few files that refuse to copy and I get a cannot ...
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In bash, how can I rename a file without repeating the path? [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Reuse text on a bash command
If I want to rename a file a few directories deep, how can I avoid repeating the path?
For example:
mv path/to/old_filename.txt ...
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Linux regex file move
Im trying to move files into subfolders based on a regular expression. For example im trying to move tv shows into the correct show and season folder. All files follow the pattern "Show ...
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Move files by default (instead of copy) between volumes
The current default for dragging-and-dropping to a volume F: different from the Windows volume C: is to copy the file/folder. C: and F: are NTFS partitions on the same hard drive.
How can I make the ...
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How to update Visual Studio Team Foundataion Server Window Postitions
I use two monitors with with TFS 2008 backward compatibility plugin and in VS TFS 2010. I had to move desks and ended up changing the location of my second monitor form the right side to the left. I ...
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Is there a setting that will allow vim to remember the column it was on, even if traverses a line who's EOL is less?
Is there a setting that will allow vim to remember the column it was on, even if traverses a line who's EOL is less?
Consider the following lines:
foo bar
foo
foo bar
Say my cursor position is the ...
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Relocating a solution to vmware
I have the following situation here: our native work environment till now was linux, however due to a need to comply to wider corporate interoperation, integration and more effective communication we ...
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Ability to nudge windows using shortcut keys in Windows 7?
I absolutely love using the keyboard for doing things and use Win7's Win+Left, Win+Right, Win+Up, etc a lot. They save so much time.
However, a friend of mine who uses fluxbox for a window manager ...
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Can't move Taskbar
My friend was on my laptop and accidently moved my taskbar from bottom to top of my screen. I've tried grabbing the taskbar and move it back down. I can grab it alright but as soon as I begin moving ...
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How to move VirtualBox files?
By default VirtualBox stores all data in a directory below the home directory. I know how to change it but how can I change the location of existing images (without editing VirtualBox.xml manually)?
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Firefox 4 Beta 12 — Move Link URLs back to Address Bar?
The latest beta of Firefox seems to have moved the link URL display from the address bar to a small box in the bottom left. I was happy with them in the address bar, so is there a way to move them ...
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Move windows-XP Pro from small C to a larger unallocated space on the same HDD?
I still have lots of unallocated space at the end of my extended partition, but running short of space on the one and only primary partition where C resides. It happens that beyond the extended ...
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Windows 7 search results can't be moved (cut option in pop-up menu disabled) - why? and how to enable it? (Was in XP!)
I want to move a selection of files from a Windows 7 search to another folder but the right-click pop-up menu option for cut is disabled, why? Only copy is possible and I don't wish to make more than ...
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Automatically move a group of windows to another monitor in OSX
I've searched around without much luck, and have a few ideas on how to do this one by one. Here is the situation. 5 million windows opened up on my main screen. I move chat, twitter, etc. to my ...
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How to move selection in Excel?
I know how to create or extend selections, i.e., via F8 or Shift F8. When I have created the desired selection, I would like to move that particular selection a few cells to the right and/or down.
I ...
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How do I move my current active window from one monitor to another using keyboard shortcut?
I have two displays and Windows XP SP3 operating system environment.
How do I move my active window from one monitor to another? Using keyboard shortcut!
I know, that I can do Alt+Space, M. Or drag ...
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Is moving an “all-in-one” PC when turned on/off dangerous?
I have an "all-in-one" computer. I know that moving a computer when it is switched on is harmful to the hardware components. What I would like to know is if the same applies to "all-in-one" computers ...
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Unable to move file in a folder with the correct permissions
I've got a problem with a sata hdd, it is mounted in fstab like this:
UUID="089DD5F442991363" /home/lex/media/archive1 ntfs rw,users,suid,uid=1000,gid=1000,umask=000,exec,utf8 0 0
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How to move multiple files in OSX
In OSX, when I click on a file while holding down the command button, I can move it to another drive.
The problem is trying to do this with multiple files. If I press command-A to select all the ...
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Moving folders in OSX
Let's say I have a particular folder I want to move to a different drive. On that drive is a folder of the same name. Both folders have things inside them.
In Windows, when I move the folder, the ...
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Moving users folder on Windows 7 to another partition
Question based on this answer. I want to do it like that, but I'm installing Windows 7 afresh.
Can anyone provide the exact steps to follow?
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script or batch move files from multiple sub directories to parent [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
merging all files into one folder from different folders
Hello all, I have a similar issue to this post ...
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How can I move folders that contain a file with a specific extension to a destination folder?
Many years ago, I converted a portion of my files to an arbitrary format with a specific extension. i no longer desire to have them in this format and i would like begin the process of replacing them ...
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UNIX shell scripting: how to recursively move files up one directory?
I have a large number of small files, f, arranged in a directory structure like so:
/A/B/C/f
There are 11 directories at the level of A, each with about 100 directories at the level of B, each with ...
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linux mv command weirdness
can anyone tell me why when I type:
mv -f ./tmp/members ./
I get:
mv: cannot move `./tmp/members' to a subdirectory of itself, `./members'
And moreover the correct way to move this directory?
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How to get Documents and Settings/username/Local Settings/Temp mapped on another drive
I have a very fast SSD secondary drive, which I"d like to use for my temporary files. I have a program I cannot change that I need to run all the time, and which uses
Documents and ...
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Move a screen from one virtual desktop to the other
I'm using the "Desktops" program by sysinternals. I'm wondering if it's possible to move a screen to one of the other virtual desktops?
