Comment on mv *.jpg is complete bullshit.
FigMcLargeHuge@sh.itjust.works 7 months agoWhen I run into situations like this, I use the commands that work to write out a script. Eg, in your case the wildcard isn’t working with the mv command, so do something like this:
ls -1 *.jpg | awk ‘{print “mv "“$1”" /mnt/example/Pictures”}’ > /tmp/movefiles.sh
Then check the movefiles.sh and make sure it has all of the commands and files properly stated, make that executable, and then run that.
mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
ls | grep | mvwould work, except the StackOverflow discussion also highlights how parsing ls can have the same issues.I am moving thousands of files at once. If I have to check each one, it’s still wrong.
The pragmatic answer turns out to be
./*instead of*.FigMcLargeHuge@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
I saw that answer and was just offering another option. I am sure xargs might work, but you would need to test as you need a destination passed on each line. Back to my way, I have used it for a lot more than just the move command. I think I used it to do a chmod once where I wanted to check and make sure before I committed to actually running the command(s). You could also use find and the -exec option, which I think was also mentioned here.