On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 8:38 AM, Guillaume CHARDIN <guillaume.chardin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi, maybe some scripting genius gonna help me :D > > I need to move some file from one directory to other with some exclusions. > Ex: move files from "/data/product/" to "/data/archives/2005" while > the "*.dat" file/dirs stay in the right place. > > $mv /data/product/* !(/data/product/*.dat) /data/archives/2005 > > > If you have a solution, please tell me :) > Thanks for your time. > No genius here, but a solution would be using rsync rsync -auv --exclude='*.dat' --remove-source-files /data/product /data/archives/2005/ replace the -avu with -avun for a dry (test) run. The disadvantage is that files are copied, not moved, so it will take longer. Alternatively, make a tmp directory somewhere, then mv /data/product/*.dat /tmp mv /data/product/* /data/archives/2005/ mv /tmp/* /data/product/ This should also do what you want (?) Peter -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
