Moving files not ending with a certain criteria

Entropy1024 · 10-29-2015, 08:32 AM

I'm trying to move files that do NOT end in .part into a sub-folder called test2. I have tried a couple of approaches but neither work.

I have tried

Code:

mv -type f !(*.part) /test2

Which does not work

I have also tried

Code:

find -type f ! -name "*.part" -exec mv -f {} \; /test2

Am I close? Certainly the code

Code:

find -type f ! -name "*.part"

returns the correct files, I just then need to move them to another folder.

Many thanks for any help
Tim

syg00 · 10-29-2015, 08:48 AM

The "\;" is a delimiter - make sure it is last.

Entropy1024 · 10-29-2015, 09:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by syg00

The "\;" is a delimiter - make sure it is last.

Perfect, thank you.