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On Nov 2, 2011, at 4:26 PM, Doug McNutt wrote:

At 14:54 -0600 11/2/11, Robert Poland wrote:
Hi,

I'm trying to move .swt files to my MBP using;

robert-polands-macbook-pro:~ rpoland$ mv /Users/rpoland/Desktop/untitled/.swt /Users/rpoland

I get the error "operation not permitted", I also tried sudo and password.

You're asking for the mv tool to look into the "untitled" directory which lives in the Desktop directory. It then has to find a file ".swt" that begins with a dot and would probably be considered in invisible file by Finder.

It's a pretty strange request that makes it all look like a typo.

mv /Users/rpoland/Desktop/*.swt /Users/rpoland/

May be what you mean. That would look for all files in directory Desktop that have extension .swt and move them to the root of your home directory.

I'd look for the permissions on that "untitled" directory. The mv tool might be having problems opening it. It needs owner read, write, and execute bits set and the owner needs to be you.

You might also experiment with cp instead of mv. It's a bit safer and it's pretty easy to do a rm on the originals after everything works.

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	>Need geek help (From: Robert Poland <email@hidden>)
	>Re: Need geek help (From: Doug McNutt <email@hidden>)