Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 11:14:52 -0400 From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: Ensel Sharon <user@dhp.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: remote file moves, over SSH, with wildcards ... help needed. Message-ID: <44771B6C.7070801@mac.com> 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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Ensel Sharon wrote:
> (FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE)
>
> I cannot move a file, over ssh, with wildcards:
>
> # ssh user@host.com mv /dir/file*.wav /dir2
> ssh: No match.
>
> Ok, so I quote it:
>
> # ssh user@host.com mv "/dir/file*.wav" /dir2
> Password:
> mv: rename /dir/file*.wav to /dir2/*.wav: No such file or directory
>
> I even tried single quoting both paths, and just double quoting the
> file*.wav
>
> Nothing works.
>
> Is it possible to move with wildcards over ssh ?
Try:
ssh user@host.com /bin/sh "mv /dir/file*.wav /dir2"
--
-Chuck
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