CB wrote:
> I can't figure out how to do this: copy (or move) all the hidden files
> and directories contained in one directory to another directory.
>
> Is it as embarrasingly simple as I imagine it must be?
Last time this came up, Ulrich Drepper pointed out the
shopt -s dotglob
command.
This makes * match hidden and non-hidden files.
So
shopt -s dotglob
mv $olddir/* $newdir
will move everything, hidden and non-hidden.
Possibly the simplest way to just move hidden would then be to move back
the non-hidden. Or to move them to a safe directory first.
Note that moving files is *fast* if you don't cross filesystems: only
the filesystem structure needs to be updated.
James.
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