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# 1  
Old 03-29-2012
move files using regular expressions
Hi,
I have bunch of files in my home directory which starts with "s" and I need to move them into a directory. How can I use regex to do that?
some of file names are:
sample-script
say-now
script1
# 2  
Old 03-30-2012
try this
Code:
flist=`find ~ -name s\* -type f | tr "\n" " "`; 
mv $flist $destination

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# 3  
Old 03-30-2012
is there any easier way to do that from command line?
eg. mv [^s]* ./mydir

I am not sure how to use regex though...
# 4  
Old 03-30-2012
yeah for moving everything starting from s directly use mv

Code:
mv s* destination_dir

if not running from home dir use this
Code:
mv ~/s* destination_dir

# 5  
Old 03-30-2012
now how can i say move everything start with s and end with one digit number?

is it ok: mv s*$[1-9] ./mydirectory
# 6  
Old 03-30-2012
You don't need the dollar sign.

Code:
s*[0-9]

To test what might work, use the ls command:

Code:
ls s*[0-9]

It will list the files that match, and thus the files that would be put on the move command line. So you can see what you will move before attempting it.
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# 7  
Old 03-30-2012
Dear agama, You helped me a lot before... Would you please kindly take a look at this question that I posted here:
https://www.unix.com/shell-programmin...data-file.html
Thanks
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