Comment on mv *.jpg is complete bullshit.
CryptoKitten@sh.itjust.works 2 years ago
What is wrong with mv *.jpg?
It expands *.jpg into a list of names.
Which you’d think would mean mv “thing.jpg” “other thing.jpg”, but no, it does mv thing.jpg other thing.jpg - and then chokes, because other is not a valid option or filename. Possibly after writing the contents of other thing.jpg onto the destination thing.jpg.
If any filenames contain characters like ; or &, you better hope the next word doesn’t look like a command.
Which shell are you using? This does not happen in Bash, Zsh, or any modern shell I’m familiar with.
What shell are you using? Is this exclusive to mv (and maybe other builtins)?
Edit: also why would you ever want to move files like this, what is wrong with you
… like what?
The fuck do you mean, why would I want to move files in a terminal? Because I’m doing shit in a terminal! What, do you expect people to Super+E, find the directory they’re in, and drag-and-drop? I’m using tools that only exist in the command line.
I’m using whatever GNOME Terminal came with Linux Mint 20 by default. StackOverflow answers sound like any POSIX terminal will do this. I assume it’s standard behavior.
I’m using whatever GNOME Terminal came with Linux Mint 20 by default.
Should be bash. Type help it should tell you.
StackOverflow answers sound like any POSIX terminal will do this. I assume it’s standard behavior.
Link?
I mean with * where you have no control of the order of the files and you never explicitly say which files are being moved. “yeah, just rename files into other files, I don’t fucking care lol” is what your command does
NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 2 years ago
I’m also a bit lost. From the final sentence “having it put each name in quotes should be fucking trivial.” OP seems to complain that filenames with spaces expand into multiple arguments. I can’t recreate this with this command in bash:
This command prints each argument in its own line. Replace
*.jpgwith whatever to prove it to yourself. Filenames with spaces show in full in a single line for me.