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s_f=/source/path/to/file             
d_f=/destination/path/to/file         
let var=1                                                                       
for file in $s_f/*                                                              
do                                                                              
if [ $var -le 6 ];then                                                          
cp "$file" $d_f                                                                 
rm  -f $file                                                                    
let var=$var+1                                                                  
fi                                                                              
done

% touch file{01..15}
% printf '%s\n' *  | xargs -n6 echo 6 at most:
6 at most: file01 file02 file03 file04 file05 file06
6 at most: file07 file08 file09 file10 file11 file12
6 at most: file13 file14 file15