Talk:mv (Unix)

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mv (Unix)[edit]

shouldn't it be under this name?--92.205.212.243 (talk) 09:35, 27 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

the mv !(...) is not exactly right, because it utilises bash syntax and it would not work inside plain sh shell -- I guess there should be a note about this. 7z9 (talk) 09:30, 20 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks to the hint.... fixed Schily (talk) 12:54, 25 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Example wrong?[edit]

`mv be.03 /mnt/bkup/bes`	copies 'be.03' to the 'bes' directory of the mounted volume 'bkup', then 'be.03' is removed
`mv be.03/* /mnt/bkup/bes`	Same as above, except each file moved out of `be.03` is deleted individually instead of all being deleted at once after the entire copying is finished.

Shouldn't this be:

`mv be.03 /mnt/bkup/bes`	copies 'be.03' to the 'bes' directory of the mounted volume 'bkup', then 'be.03' is removed
`mv be.03/* /mnt/bkup/bes/be.03`	Same as above, except each file moved out of `be.03` is deleted individually instead of all being deleted at once after the entire copying is finished.

Im no linux expert but i dont think they produce the same result right now. HumanDoctorZoidberg (talk) 11:04, 16 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]