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Re: Need geek help


  • Subject: Re: Need geek help
  • From: David Ferrington <email@hidden>
  • Date: Thu, 03 Nov 2011 08:41:18 +0000

You don't need the * if the file is called .swt (beware, even folders in Unix are strikly files and us old types thing of then that way sometimes).

You won't find * in the mv manual, since it's not something mv does - the * is being interpreted (intoperlated) by the shell - bash shell in this case. This is called 'globbing' and the bash man describes it under 'Pathname Expansion
Do
man bash
and then search for 'Pathname Expansion' (that is type '/Pathname Expansion' at the colon prompt).

Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm. - Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965).

On 3 Nov 2011, at 03:19, Robert Poland wrote:

> On Nov 2, 2011, at 7:15 PM, Malcolm Fitzgerald wrote:
>> Could you be missing an asterix ?   mv /Users/rpoland/Desktop/untitled/.*.swt /Users/rpoland?
>
> Since the folder is named ".swt" why would I need an asterisk?
>
> I don't see anything in the "man mv" about it either?
>
>> malcolm
>>
>>
>> On 03/11/2011, at 7:54 AM, 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.
>>>
>>> Any suggestions?
>>>
>>> TIA,
>>>
>>>
>>> Robert Poland - Fort Collins, CO
>
>
>
> Robert Poland - Fort Collins, CO
>
>
>
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