Re: mv doubt

2008-10-24, 07:51(-07), contracer11@xxxxxxxxx:

Hi:
Please, how could I use mv command but preventing mv to move
directories ?
When I issue:
mv /data/* /temp
all files (and directories) are moved. I only want move files.
[...]

If your shell is zsh:

mv /data/*(^/) /temp
if you also want to move hidden files:
mv /data/*(D^/) /temp

With other shells, you could do:

for f in /data/*; do
[ -d "$f" ] && [ ! -L "$f" ] && continue
mv "$f" /temp
done
(will not move hidden files)

Or:

find /data/. ! -name . -prune ! -type d -exec mv {} /temp \;
(will move hidden files).

Those solution will move symlinks, whether they are symlinks to
directories or any other type of file, if you don't want to move
symlinks to directories, in zsh:

mv /data/*(-^/) /temp

--
Stéphane
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