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Its must be a popular question but I could not find an answer. How to move all files via * including hidden files as well to parent directory like this: This will move all files to parent directory like expected but will not move hidden files. How to do that?
How to move all files except for one?
You can then move all files except one by Note that, in copying directories, the forward-flash cannot be used in the name as noticed in the thread Why extglob except breaking except condition?: cp -r ! (Backups.backupdb) /home/masi/Documents/
How to prevent mv command from moving subdirectories?
By using the find command in conjunction with the mv command, you can prevent the mv command from trying to move directories (e.g. .. and .) and subdirectories. Here’s one option: There are problems with some of the other answers provided. For example, each of the following will try to move subdirectories from the source path:
To execute the actual changes, remove –dry-run. The advantage is that the original folder ( subfolder) would be removed as well as part of the command, and when using mv examples here you still need to clean up your folders, not to mention additional headache to cover hidden and non-hidden files in one single pattern.
How to move files from one directory to another in Bash?
If you’re willing to let the mv command return an error status even though it succeeded, it’s a lot simpler: mv Foo/* Foo/. [!.]* Foo/..?* Bar/ Here’s more detail about controlling whether dot files are matched in bash, ksh93 and zsh. Set the dotglob option.
Is there way to turn off hidden files in Linux?
It turns on and off whether or not “*” includes hidden files. It defaults to “off”. It is best to turn it back on when you are done otherwise you will confuse things that assume it will be off.