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I am at the path:

/myuser/downloads/

And I create a sub folder:

/myuser/downloads/new

Now I want to move all files and folders/sub-folders in the downloads folder to the sub-folder.

how can I do this?

I tried:

mv -R *.* new/

But move doesn't take the -R switch it seems.

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answered 3 Years ago hreadsoplet · Accepted Answer

The command

mv !(new) new

should do the trick. If it doesn't work, run shopt -s extglob first.

To also move hidden files/directories (that beginning with a dot), run also shopt -s dotglob first.

So, to sum up:

shopt -s extglob dotglob

mv !(new) new

shopt -u dotglob

(it is always better to unset dotglob to avoid bad surprises).