When wanting to move files from one directory to another, is
there a way to do so selectively, say in batches.
You don't mention the environment in which you're working (though
you cross-posted to the Gnome list, so you might be working in
some sort of Gnome shell).
However, if you have lynx (L Y N X the cat) installed, you can
use its "dired" mode. Just launch it with
lynx /path/to/mp3_files
You can then navigate up/down the list using "t" to tag the files
you want to move and then use "m" to move the files to another
directory you specify.
Alternatively, you can use Midnight Commander where control+T
will tag files to move, press <tab> to shift to the 2nd panel,
select the destination directory and press shift+F6 to move the
files over (the dialog box has some additional options if you
want them).
Yet another option, you can do something like
ls *.mp3 > all_files.txt
then edit all_files.txt with your favorite editor, deleting the
items you don't want to move. Once you have the files you want
listed in the file, you can then move them with
xargs -i{} mv {} /path/to/destination < all_files.txt
Lather, rinse, repeat for other directories.
Hope this gives you plenty of options.
And if you were looking for some Gnome answer, hopefully you'll
get that from somebody who knows Gnome better than I do. :)
-tim
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