Re: command to mv files & folders to dir
On Sat, Sep 24, 2011 at 11:53 AM, Ivan Shmakov <ivan@gray.siamics.net> wrote:
>>>>>> Mark Panen <mark.panen@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > Made a bit off a muck up off things when i backed up parts of my
> > /home/mark directory to /mnt/deer
>
> > In /mnt/deer i know have hundreds of files and folders which i
> > rsynced on 22/09/2011.
>
> > I need a command line option to put them all In one shot in
> > /mnt/deer/zebra.
>
> It's not what I'd usually call “one shot” (= atomic), but, IIUC,
> the following single command line should do it:
>
> $ mkdir -pv -- /mnt/deer/zebra \
> && find /mnt/deer/ -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -not -name zebra \
> -exec mv --target-directory=/mnt/deer/zebra -- {} +
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will this mv only the file/folders created on the 22/09/2011, i want
the older files etc to stay behind.
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