Bash: mv directory one at a time
I am trying to move all subdirectories of a folder to another share on the same server. If I do a mv *, I will run out of space since the folders are not removed until all folders get transferred. So...
View ArticleAnswer by Michael Hampton for Bash: mv directory one at a time
You want for. An example (this will just show what will be done): for item in *; do echo mv "$item" /destination/directory done When you're happy, remove echo to do it for real.
View ArticleAnswer by dawud for Bash: mv directory one at a time
You could use rsync(1): rsync --remove-source-files /path/to/source /path/to/destination This will remove successfully transferred files from the original path.
View ArticleAnswer by Florin Asăvoaie for Bash: mv directory one at a time
ls -1 | xargs -n1 -i echo mv '{}' destination Just remove the echo when happy.
View ArticleAnswer by kalikid021 for Bash: mv directory one at a time
Just for reference, I believe the mv command doesn't do a copy then delete operation, ie having mv /home/foo /home/bar exist simultaneously for a short period. It operates more like renaming. Essential...
View ArticleAnswer by Craig for Bash: mv directory one at a time
Using the mv command to move files from one volume to a different volume is a copy operation. But how would you run out of space on the source volume? You would only run out of space on the target...
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