[Linux-disciples] Question about syntax using mv

[Stephen R Laniel]

On Tue, Oct 18, 2005 at 02:43:05PM -0400, Jason Smith wrote:
> Is that the same as either option I suggested just far more elegant?

I don't think it is. I believe

mv ~/foo /bar/foo

is going to create a directory called /bar/foo/foo .

> 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?

You'd need the -f to overwrite existing files. -r isn't an
available option in mv, though it is so in cp. See the man
pages for both.

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