[Linux-disciples] Question about syntax using mv

[Jason Smith]

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Two questions:

Is that the same as either option I suggested just far more elegant?

Also, there is a set of files that I want to overwrite there if they  
are duplicates, wouldn't i need the "f" argument? Wouldn't I need the  
"r" argument since it is a directory?

j

On Oct 18, 2005, at 2:40 PM, Stephen R Laniel wrote:

> 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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