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Subject: Re: moving everything except a directory
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Brian John wrote:
> Say I am at ~ and I have 10 directories inside named 1, 2, 3, 4 ,5, 6, 
> 7, 8, 9 and 10.  What command can I use to move everything but directory 
> 2? 

mv 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 new/

> What if I wanted to move everything but directories 2 and 7?

mv 1 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 new/

> I'm not sure how to use the mv command to do this in 1 comand.

man mv

SYNOPSIS
      mv [-f | -i | -n] [-v] source target
      mv [-f | -i | -n] [-v] source ... directory

-Mark