Before you attempt to move anything, do:
shopt -s dotglob
from the bash prompt, which will change bash's globbing routine to include
those pesky little dotfiles, too. Of course, this presumes you're using
the
bash shell.
--Jim--
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TPF Laboratory / Architecture
IBM Corporation
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Re: Command to move everything up a directory
Adam,
Actually:
cd /my/dir/dir
mv files ..
You're method moves things other that the "files" subdirectory up one
level,
and does not move the "private" (.*) files. Moving the subdirectory does
move everything include the "dot" files.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Adam Thornton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2004 12:30 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Command to move everything up a directory
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> On Wed, 2004-05-05 at 12:24, Adam Thornton wrote:
> > On Wed, 2004-05-05 at 12:00, Marcy Cortes wrote:
> > > I need a mv incantation to move everything up a
> directory, i.e. change:
> > >
> > > /my/dir/dir/files to
> > > /my/dir/files
> >
> > cd /my/dir/dir
> > mv * ..
>
> Other people's suggestions are better, as this does not move dotfiles,
> does it?
>
> Adam
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