Move all files except specified folder

Question

Im trying to move all the contents of the current directory to a new folder in the current directory using a script

mv !$.svn\|$line\|.\|..$ $line

error is

mv: cannot stat '!(.svn|RSSIFXServicesCommon|.|..)': No such file or directory

I echoed the command to output and if i copy and execute the command myself, it works.

I tried enabling extglob

Possible duplicate of Move all files except one

mabi
– mabi

2018-01-22 18:34:26 +00:00
Commented Jan 22, 2018 at 18:34 — mabi
– mabi, Commented Jan 22, 2018 at 18:34

mabi · Accepted Answer · 2018-01-22 18:32:46Z

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With extended regex (shopt -s extglob), there's no need to quote your regex:

mkdir -p /tmp/t/4
touch /tmp/t/{1,2,3}
shopt -s extglob
cd /tmp/t
mv !(4|.|..) 4

This also works if I put this in a shell script.

answered Jan 22, 2018 at 18:32

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venky Over a year ago

mv: cannot stat '!(4|.|..)': No such file or directory

mabi Over a year ago

Which shell is that?

venky Over a year ago

its bash but its running on a MingW64

mabi Over a year ago

That doesn't sound like the bash version(s) I've around here. If extglob doesn't work, bash should interpret the '!' as history expansion and you should get an event not found message (unless your bash even has history expansion disabled?).

venky Over a year ago

if the extglob is unset, it is interpreting the "!" as previous event just like you said. But i have set the extglob and when I run the command mv !(4|.|..) 4 it is giving the following error mv: cannot stat '!(4|.|..)': No such file or directory

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