Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 20:56:51 +0200 From: Stefan Farrenkopf <sfarren@gwdg.de> To: Brian John <brianjohn@fusemail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: moving everything except a directory Message-ID: <4FAAF77CB8CDFA4549D612CB@dfnhome046.gwdg.de> In-Reply-To: <433DBEC0.1030001@fusemail.com> References: <433DBEC0.1030001@fusemail.com>
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Hello,
you may use find ~ -<some-usefull-options-and-arguments> -exec mv {}
<new-location>
BTW: your mail is out of date.
best wishes,
Stefan
--On 30. September 2005 17:40:00 -0500 Brian John <brianjohn@fusemail.com>
wrote:
> Say I am at ~ and I have 10 directories inside named 1, 2, 3, 4 ,5, 6, 7,
> 8, 9 and 10. What command can I use to move everything but directory 2?
> What if I wanted to move everything but directories 2 and 7?
>
> I'm not sure how to use the mv command to do this in 1 comand.
>
> Thanks
>
> /Brian
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