Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2005 06:07:08 -0700 From: "Loren M. Lang" <lorenl@alzatex.com> To: Brian John <brianjohn@fusemail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: moving everything except a directory Message-ID: <20050909130708.GA3018@alzatex.com> In-Reply-To: <433DBEC0.1030001@fusemail.com> References: <433DBEC0.1030001@fusemail.com>
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On Fri, Sep 30, 2005 at 05:40:00PM -0500, Brian John wrote:
> Say I am at ~ and I have 10 directories inside named 1, 2, 3, 4 ,5, 6,=20
> 7, 8, 9 and 10. What command can I use to move everything but directory=
=20
> 2? What if I wanted to move everything but directories 2 and 7?
>=20
find ~ -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 ! -name 2 -exec mv {} /path/to/new/place
find ~ -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 ! -name 2 ! -name 7 -exec mv {} /path/to/new=
/place
> I'm not sure how to use the mv command to do this in 1 comand.
>=20
> Thanks
>=20
> /Brian
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