Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 17:47:13 -0500 From: Mark Kane <mark@mkproductions.org> To: Brian John <brianjohn@fusemail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: moving everything except a directory Message-ID: <4314E1F1.6060207@mkproductions.org> In-Reply-To: <433DBEC0.1030001@fusemail.com> References: <433DBEC0.1030001@fusemail.com>
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Brian John 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?
mv 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 new/
> What if I wanted to move everything but directories 2 and 7?
mv 1 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 new/
> I'm not sure how to use the mv command to do this in 1 comand.
man mv
SYNOPSIS
mv [-f | -i | -n] [-v] source target
mv [-f | -i | -n] [-v] source ... directory
-Mark
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