On Sep 28, 2004, at 1:22 PM, Jeff Vian wrote:
for i in `cat file_with_names` ; do mv $i /dest/dir done
should do the trick for all files listed in the file.
You may wish to add a -f (force) option to the move command to avoid
nasty notes if the file does not exist or if it cannot be moved for some
reason.
If the file names have any problem characters (e.g. spaces or anything else that needs to be escaped from the shell) you could also use the following syntax:
cat file_with_names | while read line ; do mv "$line" /dest/dir done
This would assume the file names were listed one per line.
-- Patrick D. McSwiggen pat.mcswiggen@xxxxxxxxxxx Department of Mathematics Office: +1 513 556-4080 University of Cincinnati FAX: +1 513 556-3417
