Use 'mv' command to move files except those in a specific directory
In Linux, I know the command mv !(folder1|folder2) folder1 if I want to move all files in current folder, excepted folder1 and folder2, and move they in folder1. But these commend, doesn't work in mac terminal!
Where is the equivalent command in mac?
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In Linux, I know the command mv !(folder1|folder2) folder1 if I want to move all files in current folder, excepted folder1 and folder2, and move they in folder1. But these commend, doesn't work in mac terminal!
Where is the equivalent command in mac?
mac bash
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I'm assuming that your shell is bash. Turn on extended glob-shopt -s extglob
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In Linux, I know the command mv !(folder1|folder2) folder1 if I want to move all files in current folder, excepted folder1 and folder2, and move they in folder1. But these commend, doesn't work in mac terminal!
Where is the equivalent command in mac?
mac bash
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In Linux, I know the command mv !(folder1|folder2) folder1 if I want to move all files in current folder, excepted folder1 and folder2, and move they in folder1. But these commend, doesn't work in mac terminal!
Where is the equivalent command in mac?
mac bash
mac bash
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I'm assuming that your shell is bash. Turn on extended glob-shopt -s extglob
– fd0
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I'm assuming that your shell is bash. Turn on extended glob-shopt -s extglob
– fd0
3 hours ago
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I'm assuming that your shell is bash. Turn on extended glob-
shopt -s extglob– fd0
3 hours ago
I'm assuming that your shell is bash. Turn on extended glob-
shopt -s extglob– fd0
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Looks like the version of bash on recent versions of macOS is a bit older than you'll find on some new Linux distros. I see version 3.2.57 on macOS High Sierra and Mojave and version 4.2.46 on RedHat Enterprise Linux 7.
Here's some syntax you can use to exclude the directories, as you've specified:
# move everything but dir1 & dir2 into dir1
mv *[^dir1dir2]* dir1
And, the nice thing is, the syntax above ought to work in bash on both macOS and Linux.
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The Macos bash version is the latest under GPL version 2
– Mark
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Looks like the version of bash on recent versions of macOS is a bit older than you'll find on some new Linux distros. I see version 3.2.57 on macOS High Sierra and Mojave and version 4.2.46 on RedHat Enterprise Linux 7.
Here's some syntax you can use to exclude the directories, as you've specified:
# move everything but dir1 & dir2 into dir1
mv *[^dir1dir2]* dir1
And, the nice thing is, the syntax above ought to work in bash on both macOS and Linux.
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The Macos bash version is the latest under GPL version 2
– Mark
2 hours ago
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Looks like the version of bash on recent versions of macOS is a bit older than you'll find on some new Linux distros. I see version 3.2.57 on macOS High Sierra and Mojave and version 4.2.46 on RedHat Enterprise Linux 7.
Here's some syntax you can use to exclude the directories, as you've specified:
# move everything but dir1 & dir2 into dir1
mv *[^dir1dir2]* dir1
And, the nice thing is, the syntax above ought to work in bash on both macOS and Linux.
answered 3 hours ago
jefe2000
740413
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The Macos bash version is the latest under GPL version 2
– Mark
2 hours ago
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Looks like the version of bash on recent versions of macOS is a bit older than you'll find on some new Linux distros. I see version 3.2.57 on macOS High Sierra and Mojave and version 4.2.46 on RedHat Enterprise Linux 7.
Here's some syntax you can use to exclude the directories, as you've specified:
# move everything but dir1 & dir2 into dir1
mv *[^dir1dir2]* dir1
And, the nice thing is, the syntax above ought to work in bash on both macOS and Linux.
answered 3 hours ago
jefe2000
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Looks like the version of bash on recent versions of macOS is a bit older than you'll find on some new Linux distros. I see version 3.2.57 on macOS High Sierra and Mojave and version 4.2.46 on RedHat Enterprise Linux 7.
Here's some syntax you can use to exclude the directories, as you've specified:
# move everything but dir1 & dir2 into dir1
mv *[^dir1dir2]* dir1
And, the nice thing is, the syntax above ought to work in bash on both macOS and Linux.
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The Macos bash version is the latest under GPL version 2
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The Macos bash version is the latest under GPL version 2
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The Macos bash version is the latest under GPL version 2
– Mark
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The Macos bash version is the latest under GPL version 2
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I'm assuming that your shell is bash. Turn on extended glob-
shopt -s extglob– fd0
3 hours ago