Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 17:01:22 +0200 From: Karol Kwiatkowski <freebsd@orchid.homeunix.org> To: Ensel Sharon <user@dhp.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: remote file moves, over SSH, with wildcards ... help needed. Message-ID: <44771842.9070608@orchid.homeunix.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0605261043440.24656-100000@shell.dhp.com> References: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0605261043440.24656-100000@shell.dhp.com>
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This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig6589A57F63254AC0E5FD051C Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 26/05/2006 16:53, Ensel Sharon wrote: > (FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE) >=20 > I cannot move a file, over ssh, with wildcards: >=20 > # ssh user@host.com mv /dir/file*.wav /dir2 > ssh: No match. >=20 > Ok, so I quote it: >=20 > # ssh user@host.com mv "/dir/file*.wav" /dir2 > Password: > mv: rename /dir/file*.wav to /dir2/*.wav: No such file or directory >=20 > I even tried single quoting both paths, and just double quoting the > file*.wav >=20 > Nothing works. >=20 > Is it possible to move with wildcards over ssh ? Your local shell gets the '*' first. Try escaping it with '\': $ ssh user@host.com mv /dir/file\*.wav /dir2 HTH, Karol --=20 Karol Kwiatkowski <freebsd at orchid dot homeunix dot org> OpenPGP: http://www.orchid.homeunix.org/carlos/gpg/0x06E09309.asc --------------enig6589A57F63254AC0E5FD051C Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFEdxhNezeoPAwGIYsRArFiAJ9O7m+VpJaRWMv9mU9M0kIQ2q78CQCfVdX9 XZ5kIK0y84Pz7MdnTkY9Bh8= =eqxw -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig6589A57F63254AC0E5FD051C--
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