[PLUG] what simple linux command does this?

[Michael Rasmussen]

On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 04:51:24PM -0700, glen e. p. ropella wrote:
> logical american wrote circa 10-09-29 04:38 PM:
> >   This is a "noobie" linux question.
> > 
> > I cannot seem to find a simple linux command to do the following:
> > 
> > mv /one/long/path/on/a/partition/file 
> > /another/path/on/another/partition/file
> > [...]
> > Isn't there an easy way to do this?
> 
> How about:
> 
> $ mkdir -p /another/path/on/another/partition/
> $ mv /one/long/path/on/a/partition/file /another/path/on/another/partition/

I'm more of a fan of:
$ mkdir -p /another/path/on/another/partition/ && mv /one/long/path/on/a/partition/file !!$

The && just to be sure you're only doing it if the mkdir works
the !!$ to lessen my propensity for typos.

See `man bash` for History Expansion for the !!$ magic
 

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