Move group of files into subdirectory

I want to move some ssh keys into a backup file. Specifically, I want to move id_rsa* into key_backups/, a subdirectory of .ssh. mv id_rsa* key_backup/ gives me back

usage: mv [-f | -i | -n] [-v] source target
   mv [-f | -i | -n] [-v] source ... directory

But I feel like what I'm doing is of the second variety...

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total 64
drwx------  11 chrismaddox  staff   374 Apr 30 14:12 .
drwxr-xr-x+ 56 chrismaddox  staff  1904 May  5 11:05 ..
-rw-r--r--   1 chrismaddox  staff    61 Apr 10 13:11 config
-rw-------   1 chrismaddox  staff  1766 Mar 15 14:07 github_rsa
-rw-r--r--   1 chrismaddox  staff   393 Mar 15 14:07 github_rsa.pub
-rw-------   1 chrismaddox  staff   668 Mar 16 14:11 id_dsa
-rw-r--r--   1 chrismaddox  staff   623 Mar 16 14:11 id_dsa.pub
-rw-------   1 chrismaddox  staff  1679 Mar 16 14:28 id_rsa
-rw-r--r--   1 chrismaddox  staff  1679 May  5 13:00 id_rsa.pub
drwxr-xr-x   2 chrismaddox  staff    68 Mar  8 16:38 key_backup
-rw-r--r--   1 chrismaddox  staff  3188 Apr 30 15:36 known_hosts

Chris

Posted 2012-05-05T17:15:26.183

Reputation: 111

still getting the same output :( – Chris – 2012-05-05T17:32:06.130

1Your original command should work. Can you do a ls -la of your directory? – slhck – 2012-05-05T17:38:23.510

edited my original post with my directory – Chris – 2012-05-05T17:46:01.057

why do you try move to keygen, when the directory is key_backup? try mv file* dir/. – Baarn – 2012-05-05T17:48:16.710

sorry, mistyped it. I am entering key_backup/id_rsa* – Chris – 2012-05-05T17:50:04.017

You should not be entering key_backup/id_rsa*, you should be entering exactly what you have in your post, from within .ssh. – Mat – 2012-05-05T19:53:40.423

Move group of files into subdirectory

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