I use
tar cvf /<directory with a lot of space>/<my name>.tar 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
cd <new directory>
tar xvf /<directory with a lot of space>/<my name>.tar
I usually do
cd <original directory>
find . ! -type d -print > files.txt
vi files.txt - edit out files I don't want
tar cvfT /<dir with space>/<orig name>.tar files.txt
cd <new directory>
tar xvf /<dir with space>/<orig name>.tar
which lets me copy files beginning with "." in the root of the directory
(tar will skip these in the root, copies them in subdirectories).
You also have to worry about permissions if there are executables or files
you don't own in the directory.
There are much neater ways of doing this, but this method leaves a backup
copy in the tar file.
Mike Squires
On Fri, 30 Sep 2005, 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? What
if I wanted to move everything but directories 2 and 7?
I'm not sure how to use the mv command to do this in 1 comand.
Thanks
/Brian
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