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UGU: Unix Guru Universe - Unix Tip #4194- August 5, 2012 - Home : Help : Today's Tip
Unix Tip #4194- August 5, 2012

MOVING FILES AROUND


Here is another way to move
files around.

Sometimes you find yourself
wanting to move a bunch of
files into a new directory
that is to be created in the
current working directory.

Rather than using a temporary
directory, or grep and variable
substitution; use a subshell:

$ ( \ls; echo dir; mkdir dir ) | xargs mv

The trick is in using a subshell
to run a number of commands
_before_ the output is piped to
xargs. This idiom is also useful
for plenty of other applications.



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