The 'mv' command takes the last argument as the destination. The shell will expand the wildcard into a list before calling 'mv' (or performing it, as I think it's actually built-in), so in your example mv * is equivalent to mv a b c
> Dear All > > Yesterday, I was told of this usage of "mv" and I could not figure out why > it would work. > So I am sending out my question > > Say I am in a directory with 3 sub-directories "a", "b" and "c". > I then type > > bash> mv * > > Directory "a" and "b" would move under "c". > > I re-read the man page for "mv" and nothing says it can do this. And it did > say there needs to be a "source and "destination". From this command above, > there isn't that 2-parameter requirement. > > Can anyone explain why this would work? Or is this an undocumented > side-effect > for "mv"? > > thanks > > -v > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
