[Linux-disciples] Question about syntax using mv

Stephen R Laniel steve at laniels.org
Tue Oct 18 14:40:15 EDT 2005


On Tue, Oct 18, 2005 at 02:38:26PM -0400, Jason Smith wrote:
> foo has files in it. I want to move it and the files in it to another  
> directory. What is the syntax
> 
> mv -fvr ~/foo /bar/foo
> 
> OR
> 
> mv -fvr ~/foo /bar/foo/

I'd just do

mv ~/foo /bar

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