Mv Equivalent Rsync Command

mv equivalent rsync command

The following command line should achieve what you want:

$ rsync -a --progress --remove-source-files src/test/ dest

Copy or rsync command

Rsync is better since it will only copy only the updated parts of the updated file, instead of the whole file. It also uses compression and encryption if you want. Check out this tutorial.

Is there an scp variant of mv command?

You could use rsync with --remove-source-files:

rsync -avz --remove-source-files /local/dir/*.jpg user@ip:/remote/dir 

How to move (and overwrite) all files from one directory to another?

It's just mv srcdir/* targetdir/.

If there are too many files in srcdir you might want to try something like the following approach:

cd srcdir
find -exec mv {} targetdir/ +

In contrast to \; the final + collects arguments in an xargs like manner instead of executing mv once for every file.

How does `scp` differ from `rsync`?

The major difference between these tools is how they copy files.

scp basically reads the source file and writes it to the destination. It performs a plain linear copy, locally, or over a network.

rsync also copies files locally or over a network. But it employs a special delta transfer algorithm and a few optimizations to make the operation a lot faster. Consider the call.

rsync A host:B

• rsync will check files sizes and modification timestamps of both A and B, and skip any further processing if they match.

• If the destination file B already exists, the delta transfer algorithm will make sure only differences between A and B are sent over the wire.

• rsync will write data to a temporary file T, and then replace the destination file B with T to make the update look "atomic" to processes that might be using B.

Another difference between them concerns invocation. rsync has a plethora of command line options, allowing the user to fine tune its behavior. It supports complex filter rules, runs in batch mode, daemon mode, etc. scp has only a few switches.

In summary, use scp for your day to day tasks. Commands that you type once in a while on your interactive shell. It's simpler to use, and in those cases rsync optimizations won't help much.

For recurring tasks, like cron jobs, use rsync. As mentioned, on multiple invocations it will take advantage of data already transferred, performing very quickly and saving on resources. It is an excellent tool to keep two directories synchronized over a network.

Also, when dealing with large files, use rsync with the -P option. If the transfer is interrupted, you can resume it where it stopped by reissuing the command. See Sid Kshatriya's answer.

Finally, note that rsync:// the protocol is similar to plain HTTP: unencrypted and no integrity checks. Be sure to always use rsync via SSH (as in the examples from the question above), not via the rsync protocol, unless you really know what you're doing. scp will always use SSH as underlying transport mechanism which has both integrity and confidentiality guarantees, so that is another difference between the two utilities.

How to move all files including hidden files into parent directory via *

You can find a comprehensive set of solutions on this in UNIX & Linux's answer to How do you move all files (including hidden) from one directory to another?. It shows solutions in Bash, zsh, ksh93, standard (POSIX) sh, etc.

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You can use these two commands together:

mv /path/subfolder/* /path/   # your current approach
mv /path/subfolder/.* /path/  # this one for hidden files

Or all together (thanks pfnuesel):

mv /path/subfolder/{.,}* /path/

Which expands to:

mv /path/subfolder/* /path/subfolder/.* /path/

(example: echo a{.,}b expands to a.b ab)

Note this will show a couple of warnings:

mv: cannot move ‘/path/subfolder/.’ to /path/.’: Device or resource busy
mv: cannot remove /path/subfolder/..’: Is a directory

Just ignore them: this happens because /path/subfolder/{.,}* also expands to /path/subfolder/. and /path/subfolder/.., which are the directory and the parent directory (See What do “.” and “..” mean when in a folder?).

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If you want to just copy, you can use a mere:

cp -r /path/subfolder/. /path/
#                     ^
#                     note the dot!

This will copy all files, both normal and hidden ones, since /path/subfolder/. expands to "everything from this directory" (Source: How to copy with cp to include hidden files and hidden directories and their contents?)

recursive move command on windows

The move command can move directories as well as files.

cd /d C:\sourceFolder
rem move the files
for %%i in (*) do move "%%i" C:\destinationFolder
rem move the directories
for /d %%i in (*) do move "%%i" C:\destinationFolder

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