Just use mv August\ * There is no . (period) in the files names
mv August\ * August\,\ 2010/ On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 2:20 PM, Mike <[email protected]> wrote: > I have a group of files, all named "August x, 2010" where x is a > numeral. I want to move them as a group into a directory. I know how > to use mv to do it one at a time, but there's got to be a > less labor-intensive way. I have searched the man and info pages for > mv, looking for the phrase "multiple filenames", searched a hard-copy > reference manual, looked on Ubuntu forums: nothing. I tried perl-like > regular expressions but apparently mv does not accept .* as a > wildcard. See below (note that "August, 2010", with no date, is the > name of a directory): > > >$ ls > > > >August, 2010 August 29, 2010 August 5, 2010.odt > >August 25, 2010.odt August 30, 2010 > >August 26, 2010.odt August 31, 2010 September, 2010 > >August 27, 2010.odt August 4, 2010.odt > > > >$ mv August\ .*,\ 2010 August\,\ 2010/ > > > >mv: cannot stat `August .*, 2010': No such file or directory > > I googled "passing multiple file names to mv" and found a shell script > that may solve a related problem (see > http://aplawrence.com/SCOFAQ/FAQ_scotec1rename.html), > but am still stuck. Hints? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users > Group. > To post a message, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit our group at > http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup -- A healthy diet includes Linux, Linux, and more Linux. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup
