This is probably an operating system limitation.
Did you try to move a file hierarchy?
Or did you do something like mv */*/* /dest
What system are you running on?
>
> Hello!
> I tried to mv about 5000 files with mv, but it said
> bash: /bin/mv: Argument list too long
>
> Don'T know whether it is the fault of bash or mv,
> but just wanted to tell you. I solved this problem
> with a for loop, but I think mv should be able to mv
> so many files.
>
> Please tell me, if I am totaly wrong.
>
> Sincerly,
>
> Nico Schottelius
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