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Old 05-24-2011
mv command to include files beginning with "." (like .htaccess)
Hi, how can I get the mv command to include files beginning with . (such as .htaccess)?

Right now when I mv a directory the .htaccess file is missing and I need to do this on a lot of directories, so there's a lot of wordpress permalinks that don't work anymore because the .htaccess file wasn't moved over.



like mv /home/directory1 /home/directory2

mv /home/directory1/* /home/directory2

and if
/home/directory1 contains the file .htaccess
it's not getting moved over to directory2

Thanks!
Last edited by vanessafan99; 05-24-2011 at 12:42 PM..
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Old 05-24-2011
mv doesn't ignore any files.

Code:
~ $ mkdir a
~ $ touch a/.htaccess
~ $ mkdir b
~ $ mv a b
~ $ ls -l b/a/.htaccess 
-rw-r--r-- 1 monttyle monttyle 0 May 24 09:50 b/a/.htaccess
~ $

* however, which is part of the shell and not part of mv, does ignore hidden files.

Easy enough to fix. Just add .htaccess to the list of stuff you want.

mv /path/to/* /path/to/.[a-z]* destination The [a-z] prevents it from matching ".", the current directory, or "..", the previous directory...
Last edited by Corona688; 05-24-2011 at 12:53 PM..
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Old 05-24-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by Corona688
mv doesn't ignore any files.

Code:
~ $ mkdir a
~ $ touch a/.htaccess
~ $ mkdir b
~ $ mv a b
~ $ ls -l b/a/.htaccess 
-rw-r--r-- 1 monttyle monttyle 0 May 24 09:50 b/a/.htaccess
~ $

* however, which is part of the shell and not part of mv, does ignore hidden files.

Easy enough to fix. Just add .htaccess to the list of stuff you want.

mv /path/to/* /path/to/.[a-z]* destination The [a-z] prevents it from matching ".", the current directory, or "..", the previous directory...
I think that works, thanks!
# 4  
Old 05-24-2011
Similar answer (add files starting with period to the list):
Code:
mv /home/directory1/* /home/directory1/.??* /home/directory2

# 5  
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"?
# 6  
Old 05-24-2011
The ?? is part of the command. It is a wildcard. The pattern ".??*" just finds filenames which start with a period and are at least three characters long.
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