How to move all files and folders via mv command

Question

How can I move all files and folders from one directory to another via mv command?

Answer 1

Try with this:

mv /path/sourcefolder/* /path/destinationfolder/

Answer 2

This works for me in Bash (I think this depends on your shell quite a bit...)

$  mv source/{,.}* /destination/folder/here

Answer 3

zsh:

mv /src/*(D) /dst/

(D) to include dot-files.

Answer 4

You can use following syntax :

$ mv /source/* /dest/subfolder/

If you are still confuse then tell me exact location from which directory to which directory you want to move your data I will give you exact syntax.

Answer 5

I'd say it's a bit boring, but really bullet-proof (GNU) way is:

cd /SourceDir && find ./ -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -exec mv -t /Target/Dir {} +

P. S. Now you can possibly see why lots of people do prefer Midnight Commander, though.

Answer 6

yet another way just for the heck of it (because I love convoluted ways to do things I guess)

cd /source
for f in $(\ls -QA); do eval mv $f /destination/$f; done

the -Q and the -A are not POSIX, however the -A is fairly prevalent, and to not use the -Q you need to change the IFS (which then means you don't need the eval but need to quote the variable)

IFS="
" && for f in $(ls -A); do mv "$f" /destination/"$f"; done