On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 05:17:02PM -0700, Michael Rasmussen wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 04:51:24PM -0700, glen e. p. ropella wrote:
> > logical american wrote circa 10-09-29 04:38 PM:
> > > This is a "noobie" linux question.
> > >
> > > I cannot seem to find a simple linux command to do the following:
> > >
> > > mv /one/long/path/on/a/partition/file
> > > /another/path/on/another/partition/file
> > > [...]
> > > Isn't there an easy way to do this?
> >
> > How about:
> >
> > $ mkdir -p /another/path/on/another/partition/
> > $ mv /one/long/path/on/a/partition/file /another/path/on/another/partition/
>
> I'm more of a fan of:
> $ mkdir -p /another/path/on/another/partition/ && mv
> /one/long/path/on/a/partition/file !!$
Which, by the way, is incorrect.
either
$ mkdir -p /another/path/on/another/partition/ && mv
/one/long/path/on/a/partition/file /another/path/on/another/partition/
or
$ mkdir -p /another/path/on/another/partition/
$ mv /one/long/path/on/a/partition/file !!$
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