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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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Move group of files into subdirectory
I want to move some ssh keys into a backup file. Specifically, I want to move id_rsa* into key_backups/, a subdirectory of .ssh. mv id_rsa* key_backup/ gives me back
usage: mv [-f | -i | -n] [-v] ...
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Mac (Linux) - Restore file removed through mv command
I have one big problem. I had two files - main.c and logic.c. I have used sed for some modification in logic.c and then i saved it to main_updated.c and then run
mv main_updated.c main.c
BUT it ...
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Move a range of numbered files?
I've got 291 numbered files (starting at 001 - title and ending at 291 - title) that need moved into separate directories. (001 to 021 to folder 1, 022 to 053 to folder 2, they aren't necessarily the ...
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mv command confuses directory name with command option
I have a directory called --pycache--, which I need to move to __pycache__. Using the mv command in the following way, gives me the listed output. How can I use the CLI to do what I want?
$ mv ...
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Move all files in sub-directories to current directory?
I've got files in a bunch of subdirectories, and I'd like to flatten them out and move them all to the current directory.
I found this question, but adapting the answer to:
mv * .
didn't work. I ...
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mv - move dir with destination-dir having the same subdirs as source-dir
In FreeBSD (I suppose it works like Linux et al in this regard), I'd like to move src_parent/mydir to dst_parent/mydir. dst_parent/mydir already exists, and it contains some subdirs that's also ...
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How can you rename a file by moving it and only specifying a destination directory? [closed]
Let's say you have a file, foo.py that you are moving into a directory, call it /tmp. How can you change the filename without specifying anything in the mv command except a source file name and a ...
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Accidentally moved Desktop folder ingo /usr/local/bin
I ran mv -n /desktop /user/local/bin and as a result everything on my desktop is gone. I tried the opposite mv -n /user/local/bin /desktop in the hopes of undoing it but now only one of those ...
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make an alias to move files to a tmp directory
I am trying to create an alias to move files and directories to the tmp directory. This is what I've tried:
alias rm='/bin/mv *.* /tmp'
The problem is that when I type rm filename, I get an error ...
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Move files and folders recursively in linux
ls -al ../public-back
drwxrwxr-x 4 apache apache 4096 Apr 19 03:32 templates
ls -al ../public-back/templates
drwxrwxr-x 2 apache apache 4096 Apr 19 03:33 content
drwxrwxr-x 2 apache ...
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What happens if mv is interrupted?
What happens if the Linux mv command is interrupted? Say, I'm moving a whole directory to some other place and interrupt it while it's moving. Will the source directory still be untouched?
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Mac OS: how could I rename a file like APP_001.gif to 01.gif?
I have a load of files in a directory. They all have names like:
APP_001.gif
APP_101.gif
How could I bulk rename them to
01.gif
101.gif
i.e. get rid of the prefix before _, and then remove the ...
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How to mv a folder in Linux retaining its mtime?
I am using CentOS 5.5 and would like to move a large amount of folders within one volume, retaining their mtime.
The best solution I could find is like this:
cp -p -r source/data target/
rm -rf ...
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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
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XCopy on server?
Normally, on my website, files are either handled by WordPress or by me doing FTP.
I'd like to copy my entire site to a new folder. I don't want to copy it down to my local drive (with wget) and then ...
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Literate way of moving all files to a new subdirectory
$ mkdir backup && mv * backup/
mv: cannot move `backup' to a subdirectory of itself, `backup/backup'
Works, but issues a warning. Also exit code is 1.
How to do it properly (but not [much] ...
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Don't move a directory/file if src and dest are on different partitions
In order to protect myself if I make a mistake in typing a directory/filename path, I am searching for a way to prevent mv from doing anything if the source and destination files exist on separate ...
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Bizarre mv operation
The use of a renaming program severely screwed up some of my files. I'm trying to get them back in order.
I have file structure like this:
./Hello World/some-filename.ext
./Kitty Parade/another.ext
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Recursive move files of specific type to a specific path
In ~/my/path, I want to move all files that contain string "(J)" and have file type of ".foo" to ~/my/path/j
I'm trying:
[me ~/my/path]$ find -type f -name "*(J)*.foo" -print0 | xargs mv -0 j/
No ...
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How to move all files in a subdir to another dir
I have untar wordpress. It creates a wordpress dir.
I want to move the files under this dir to mydomain.com dir but this doesn't work
mv wordpress/* mydomain.com
What's the syntax then ?
Thanks.
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Unix Bash rename files using a regex
I would like to rename all files from a folder using a regex(add a name to the end of name) and move to another folder.
It my opinion, it should be looking like this:
mv -v ./images/*.png ...
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Linux: How to move all files from current directory to upper directory?
I tried something like mv . .. but it doesn't work.
