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I'm trying to copy all of the files/directories inside a folder but would like to exclude one folder as I want all the other file to be inside that folder. To better demonstrate below is the folder structure
- VideosFolder
L File1
L File2
L File3
L TutorialFolder
Now I want File1 File2 File3 to be moved to TutorialFolder like so
- VideosFolder
L TutorialFolder
L File1
L File2
L File3
I tried this command
mv ~/Desktop/VideosFolder/!(TutorialFolder) TutorialFolder
But I get this error
mv: cannot stat '/home/user/Desktop/VideosFolder/!(TutorialFolder)': No such file or directory
I checked if the shopt extglob is enabled and it is indeed enabled. So I'm not sure how to go about this.
bash mv shopt
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I'm trying to copy all of the files/directories inside a folder but would like to exclude one folder as I want all the other file to be inside that folder. To better demonstrate below is the folder structure
- VideosFolder
L File1
L File2
L File3
L TutorialFolder
Now I want File1 File2 File3 to be moved to TutorialFolder like so
- VideosFolder
L TutorialFolder
L File1
L File2
L File3
I tried this command
mv ~/Desktop/VideosFolder/!(TutorialFolder) TutorialFolder
But I get this error
mv: cannot stat '/home/user/Desktop/VideosFolder/!(TutorialFolder)': No such file or directory
I checked if the shopt extglob is enabled and it is indeed enabled. So I'm not sure how to go about this.
bash mv shopt
edited 5 hours ago
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I'm trying to copy all of the files/directories inside a folder but would like to exclude one folder as I want all the other file to be inside that folder. To better demonstrate below is the folder structure
- VideosFolder
L File1
L File2
L File3
L TutorialFolder
Now I want File1 File2 File3 to be moved to TutorialFolder like so
- VideosFolder
L TutorialFolder
L File1
L File2
L File3
I tried this command
mv ~/Desktop/VideosFolder/!(TutorialFolder) TutorialFolder
But I get this error
mv: cannot stat '/home/user/Desktop/VideosFolder/!(TutorialFolder)': No such file or directory
I checked if the shopt extglob is enabled and it is indeed enabled. So I'm not sure how to go about this.
bash mv shopt
edited 5 hours ago
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42.1k1484142
asked 5 hours ago
MadzQuestioningMadzQuestioning
104
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I'm trying to copy all of the files/directories inside a folder but would like to exclude one folder as I want all the other file to be inside that folder. To better demonstrate below is the folder structure
- VideosFolder
L File1
L File2
L File3
L TutorialFolder
Now I want File1 File2 File3 to be moved to TutorialFolder like so
- VideosFolder
L TutorialFolder
L File1
L File2
L File3
I tried this command
mv ~/Desktop/VideosFolder/!(TutorialFolder) TutorialFolder
But I get this error
mv: cannot stat '/home/user/Desktop/VideosFolder/!(TutorialFolder)': No such file or directory
I checked if the shopt extglob is enabled and it is indeed enabled. So I'm not sure how to go about this.
bash mv shopt
bash mv shopt
edited 5 hours ago
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You could just run
mv * TutorialFolder/
While in VideosFolder/. This will move all files and directories (not starting with a .) into TutorialFolder/. As you can't move a directory into itself, you will likely get a warning message along the lines of
mv: cannot move 'TutorialFolder' to a subdirectory of itself, 'TutorialFolder/TutorialFolder'
This is expected and just means that mv hasn't moved TutorialFolder.
answered 5 hours ago
TorinTorin
47929
This does work but it's gives a warning. I was thinking of a more cleaner way like what if I want to exclude 2 folder or more then this solution will not fix it. I was really hoping to get an answer about extglob approach as this is more flexible
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The other answer works but this is a cleaner way with no errors:
find . -maxdepth 1 ! ( -name TutorialFolder -o -name '.' ) -exec mv {} TutorialFolder/ ;
That will find every file and directory in the current directory where the name is not equal to TutorialFolder and . (which is the current directory itself) and then use -exec to mv them into TutorialFolder.
answered 4 hours ago
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You can try Rsync command.Rsync is a fast and versatile command line utility that synchronizes files and folders between two locations over a remote shell.
rsync -a --exclude 'TutorialFolder' ~/Desktop/VideosFolder/ ~/Desktop/VideosFolder/TutorialFolder/
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You could just run
mv * TutorialFolder/
While in VideosFolder/. This will move all files and directories (not starting with a .) into TutorialFolder/. As you can't move a directory into itself, you will likely get a warning message along the lines of
mv: cannot move 'TutorialFolder' to a subdirectory of itself, 'TutorialFolder/TutorialFolder'
This is expected and just means that mv hasn't moved TutorialFolder.
answered 5 hours ago
TorinTorin
47929
This does work but it's gives a warning. I was thinking of a more cleaner way like what if I want to exclude 2 folder or more then this solution will not fix it. I was really hoping to get an answer about extglob approach as this is more flexible
– MadzQuestioning
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You could just run
mv * TutorialFolder/
While in VideosFolder/. This will move all files and directories (not starting with a .) into TutorialFolder/. As you can't move a directory into itself, you will likely get a warning message along the lines of
mv: cannot move 'TutorialFolder' to a subdirectory of itself, 'TutorialFolder/TutorialFolder'
This is expected and just means that mv hasn't moved TutorialFolder.
answered 5 hours ago
TorinTorin
47929
This does work but it's gives a warning. I was thinking of a more cleaner way like what if I want to exclude 2 folder or more then this solution will not fix it. I was really hoping to get an answer about extglob approach as this is more flexible
– MadzQuestioning
2 hours ago
add a comment |
You could just run
mv * TutorialFolder/
While in VideosFolder/. This will move all files and directories (not starting with a .) into TutorialFolder/. As you can't move a directory into itself, you will likely get a warning message along the lines of
mv: cannot move 'TutorialFolder' to a subdirectory of itself, 'TutorialFolder/TutorialFolder'
This is expected and just means that mv hasn't moved TutorialFolder.
answered 5 hours ago
TorinTorin
47929
You could just run
mv * TutorialFolder/
While in VideosFolder/. This will move all files and directories (not starting with a .) into TutorialFolder/. As you can't move a directory into itself, you will likely get a warning message along the lines of
mv: cannot move 'TutorialFolder' to a subdirectory of itself, 'TutorialFolder/TutorialFolder'
This is expected and just means that mv hasn't moved TutorialFolder.
answered 5 hours ago
TorinTorin
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answered 5 hours ago
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47929
answered 5 hours ago
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47929
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This does work but it's gives a warning. I was thinking of a more cleaner way like what if I want to exclude 2 folder or more then this solution will not fix it. I was really hoping to get an answer about extglob approach as this is more flexible
– MadzQuestioning
2 hours ago
add a comment |
This does work but it's gives a warning. I was thinking of a more cleaner way like what if I want to exclude 2 folder or more then this solution will not fix it. I was really hoping to get an answer about extglob approach as this is more flexible
– MadzQuestioning
2 hours ago
This does work but it's gives a warning. I was thinking of a more cleaner way like what if I want to exclude 2 folder or more then this solution will not fix it. I was really hoping to get an answer about extglob approach as this is more flexible
– MadzQuestioning
2 hours ago
This does work but it's gives a warning. I was thinking of a more cleaner way like what if I want to exclude 2 folder or more then this solution will not fix it. I was really hoping to get an answer about extglob approach as this is more flexible
– MadzQuestioning
2 hours ago
add a comment |
The other answer works but this is a cleaner way with no errors:
find . -maxdepth 1 ! ( -name TutorialFolder -o -name '.' ) -exec mv {} TutorialFolder/ ;
That will find every file and directory in the current directory where the name is not equal to TutorialFolder and . (which is the current directory itself) and then use -exec to mv them into TutorialFolder.
answered 4 hours ago
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The other answer works but this is a cleaner way with no errors:
find . -maxdepth 1 ! ( -name TutorialFolder -o -name '.' ) -exec mv {} TutorialFolder/ ;
That will find every file and directory in the current directory where the name is not equal to TutorialFolder and . (which is the current directory itself) and then use -exec to mv them into TutorialFolder.
answered 4 hours ago
Nasir RileyNasir Riley
3,0722410
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The other answer works but this is a cleaner way with no errors:
find . -maxdepth 1 ! ( -name TutorialFolder -o -name '.' ) -exec mv {} TutorialFolder/ ;
That will find every file and directory in the current directory where the name is not equal to TutorialFolder and . (which is the current directory itself) and then use -exec to mv them into TutorialFolder.
answered 4 hours ago
Nasir RileyNasir Riley
3,0722410
The other answer works but this is a cleaner way with no errors:
find . -maxdepth 1 ! ( -name TutorialFolder -o -name '.' ) -exec mv {} TutorialFolder/ ;
That will find every file and directory in the current directory where the name is not equal to TutorialFolder and . (which is the current directory itself) and then use -exec to mv them into TutorialFolder.
answered 4 hours ago
Nasir RileyNasir Riley
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answered 4 hours ago
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You can try Rsync command.Rsync is a fast and versatile command line utility that synchronizes files and folders between two locations over a remote shell.
rsync -a --exclude 'TutorialFolder' ~/Desktop/VideosFolder/ ~/Desktop/VideosFolder/TutorialFolder/
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You can try Rsync command.Rsync is a fast and versatile command line utility that synchronizes files and folders between two locations over a remote shell.
rsync -a --exclude 'TutorialFolder' ~/Desktop/VideosFolder/ ~/Desktop/VideosFolder/TutorialFolder/
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You can try Rsync command.Rsync is a fast and versatile command line utility that synchronizes files and folders between two locations over a remote shell.
rsync -a --exclude 'TutorialFolder' ~/Desktop/VideosFolder/ ~/Desktop/VideosFolder/TutorialFolder/
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You can try Rsync command.Rsync is a fast and versatile command line utility that synchronizes files and folders between two locations over a remote shell.
rsync -a --exclude 'TutorialFolder' ~/Desktop/VideosFolder/ ~/Desktop/VideosFolder/TutorialFolder/
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