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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting mv command to include files beginning with "." (like .htaccess) Post 302524765 by vanessafan99 on Tuesday 24th of May 2011 12:02:47 PM
Old 05-24-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by methyl
Similar answer (add files starting with period to the list):
Code:
mv /home/directory1/* /home/directory1/.??* /home/directory2

what's the ??
is that part of the command or do i fill it with something like "ht"?
 

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