mv is a move/rename file in Linux
mv is a tool to move/rename files/folders under *nix.
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used mv command and my whole filesystem is missing
Alright, so I was in /var/www/forum/newrelease
What I wanted to do was copy all of the files in newrelease to the directory forum, so I was thinking the command mv /* ../* would work, but now everything is gone.
Any ideas how to get the files…
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File move in Perl that stops the current script?
how can I do this mv ($file $new_file/$1) or die("Errors 2");
so it would stop the script in terminal if the file is not found?
otherwise it keeps repeating and repeating and I need to restart putty session so i would be able to type something
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mass mv using find?
there are a bunch of filename.gif scattered in /home/ directories. I want all the filename.gif replaced by a /home/shared/filename_default.gif.
I tried something like
find /home/ -name "filename.gif" | xargs
but I have no idea to reference…
Brian
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Why nginx give different results with files whose same file-system Permission?
Every time if I put a file into the doc dir of nginx by using the mv command, it always results in a 403 Forbidden error, but if I do that by using the cp command, no error occurs.
I tried very large and very small files, and tried putting files…
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How can I recursively change the case of files and folders under bash
I have some files and folders that are all in uppercase that I want to rename to their lowercase equivalent. What would be the best way to go about doing this in bash on a Linux system?
As an example I might have:
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|-- FOLDER0
| |-- SUBFOLDERA
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Bash Script To Move Files While Creating Directories
I've got this script to loop through all folders and move files that are more than 2 years old. I'm using the install command because it creates the necessary directories on the destination path and then I remove the source. I'd like to change the…
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How to "stage" file movements before performing them on Windows?
I have a disk with terabytes of data. I would like to reorganize the disk.
The problem on Windows is that if I move one of the directories to the new place, I have to wait hours for that relocation to finish.
Is there some way for me to "stage"…
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used mv file.sql /folder instead of mv file.sql folder/
Hello I made the mistake of using mv file.sql /destinationfolder instead of mv file.sql destinationfolder/- using su root. Now I can't find my sql file. is there a way to find it/recover it?
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SSH find directories with uppercase letters
Using SSH how can I find sub-directories that begin with uppercase letters within a directory and then rename them, including merging if the lowercase named directory already exists?
e.g. if there is a directory called "Small" and a directory called…
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Script to move Maildir contents to its parent dir but for multiple folders
I totally suck at Bash/Python/Ruby/Perl Scripting (need to practice/learn some more) so I'm asking for a little help :-)
I need to move about the contents of about 60 Maildirs to their parent folder and rename that parent folder too all on a Linux…
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Root cannot move files
I'm on Debian 5, I want to move files, but I'm getting a permission denied error, even if I'm root.
Do you have any solutions?
-rw-rw-rw- 1 scusr scusr 49901 Jun 17 09:04 flux_outfacture_130617090229UN_Test_888880617014310001.pdf
$ mv…
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Permission denied with mv under apache
I have a bash cgi script called by apache which should move one file in /var/www/html to another in the same directory. I've set up the relevant permissions with selinux (e.g. chcon to httpd_sys_content_t) and I've changed the read/write permissions…
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Linux directory moved
a directory was moved with mv command in a Linux box, what logs should be looked at for such action? in root bash_history i can see the command was used, unfortunatly bash_history was not recording time & date, therefore making it difficult to…
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copy and rename files
Here are my access logs those I want to backup.
/var/log/httpd/access_log
/var/log/httpd/access_log.1
/var/log/httpd/access_log.2
/var/log/httpd/access_log.3
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I want to copy all these files but with different name:
The following does work as…
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cannot move to a subdirectory of itself
I have 2 folders:
/home/sphinx/articlesdb/
and:
/home/sphinx/tmp/articlesdb/
I want to move and overwrite all of the files from tmp into the main folder.
I am currently using:
mv -f /home/sphinx/tmp/articlesdb/ /home/sphinx/
But I get this…
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