how to find my files due to misuse mv?
for example, I change folder /var/lib/a And I typed, "sudo mv /var/lib/b/* ./*"
then, I couldn't find my files nowhere how can I find my files?
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When you use the mv command all the files and folders in the following list are moved to the last place in your argument list. By using the * you are first passing all elements in the folder /var/lib/b/ as arguments for mv and afterwards all elements in the current folder ./ If you have two files b1,b2 in /var/lib/b/ and two folders f1,f2 in ./ your command would be expanded to
mv /var/lib/b/b1 /var/lib/b/b2 ./f1 ./f2
That would mean all your files b1 and b2 should be moved to ./f2 now together with ./f1
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thxs for your answer. I finally found files in Temporary Items. – mong Oct 01 '18 at 22:37
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I hope it was helpful to solve your case, that much later. – eraenderer Oct 02 '18 at 16:38