I need to move my folder with many subfolders to another path.
I'm using putty and this is what I tried: MV -r fromflderpath tofolderpath
What am I doing wrong?
16 Answers
The mv command doesn't have an -R flag, it moves folders recursively:
sudo mv fromPath/ toPath/ Edit
If you want a file not to be replaced, use the -i for being prompted in case a file with the same name exists.
For those trying to move folder, on Ubuntu using Putty, just use the following command:
sudo mv /fromPath/ /toPath/ for example:
sudo mv /root/folder1 /home/folder2/ "/" in the end means you are going to move folder1 inside folder2
If you don't, you will get "no such file or directory"
2This worked for me:
mv src_folder target_folder/src_folder i.e. not mv src_folder target_folder/
If it's hard to use pure shell commands, then you can install Midnight Commander, console application that makes it easier:
$ sudo apt-get install mc 
In Midnight Commander to move folder or file from one panel to another is F6, copy F5.
$ mc If you need root access
$ sudo mc If you want to have a mouse support
$ sudo apt-get install gpm If you want to empty fromflderpath without renaming it, stand in the folder and use
mv * ../tofolderpath/ sudo mv source_folder/* target_folder/
and if you have like:
source_folder/file.ext source_folder/bin/image.jpg source_folder/etra/info.text all of them will be moved under target_folder like:
target_folder/file.ext target_folder/bin/image.jpg target_folder/etra/info.text 
