Re: command to mv files & folders to dir

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From: Stephane CHAZELAS <stephane_chazelas@yahoo.fr>
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Subject: Re: [g.l.d.user] Re: command to mv files & folders to dir
Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2011 09:15:32 +0000 (UTC)
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2011-09-25, 15:32(+07), Ivan Shmakov:
[...]

(I hereafter assume that filenames do not contain any special
codes, such as ASCII LF, or Line Feed, or 10.)

[...]

Or backslashes, or trailing blanks.

$ (while read f ; do \
mv -vi -- /mnt/deer/zebra/"$f" /mnt/deer/"$f" ; \
done) < /tmp/deer.list

[...]

Also note that mv with -i might read from its standard input, so
you may prefer:

ret=0
while IFS= read <&3 -r f; do
mv -vi -- "/mnt/deer/zebra/$f" "/mnt/deer/$f" || ret=$?
done 3< /tmp/deer.list
(exit "$ret")

See also xargs(1) to avoid having to use a shell loop.

Stephane


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