How do I replace a folder with its only subfolder of the same name in CLI?
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Suppose that I have only the following in ~/foo:
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..
foo
With file managers if I cut the subfolder foo and paste it into ~ it automatically replaces the contents of ~/foo with that of ~/foo/foo.
But is there a native command-line tool to do so, although I can achieve the goal with a function, too?
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Suppose that I have only the following in ~/foo:
.
..
foo
With file managers if I cut the subfolder foo and paste it into ~ it automatically replaces the contents of ~/foo with that of ~/foo/foo.
But is there a native command-line tool to do so, although I can achieve the goal with a function, too?
shell command-line files move
edited Apr 29 at 3:48
G-Man
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asked Apr 29 at 2:55
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Suppose that I have only the following in ~/foo:
.
..
foo
With file managers if I cut the subfolder foo and paste it into ~ it automatically replaces the contents of ~/foo with that of ~/foo/foo.
But is there a native command-line tool to do so, although I can achieve the goal with a function, too?
shell command-line files move
edited Apr 29 at 3:48
G-Man
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asked Apr 29 at 2:55
cvoret
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Suppose that I have only the following in ~/foo:
.
..
foo
With file managers if I cut the subfolder foo and paste it into ~ it automatically replaces the contents of ~/foo with that of ~/foo/foo.
But is there a native command-line tool to do so, although I can achieve the goal with a function, too?
shell command-line files move
edited Apr 29 at 3:48
G-Man
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asked Apr 29 at 2:55
cvoret
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edited Apr 29 at 3:48
G-Man
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edited Apr 29 at 3:48
G-Man
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edited Apr 29 at 3:48
G-Man
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I don’t know any way to do it in one step,
but the easiest way around the problem is to remove the problem.ÂÂ
The fact that the two directories have the same name is a problem;
so, rename one of them:
mv foo foo2 && mv foo2/foo foo && rmdir foo2
answered Apr 29 at 3:54
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Or with GNUmv:mv -iT foo/foo foo2 && mv -T foo2 foo. One question would be: whichfoowould we like to preserve the metadata of?
– Stéphane Chazelas
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I don’t know any way to do it in one step,
but the easiest way around the problem is to remove the problem.ÂÂ
The fact that the two directories have the same name is a problem;
so, rename one of them:
mv foo foo2 && mv foo2/foo foo && rmdir foo2
answered Apr 29 at 3:54
G-Man
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Or with GNUmv:mv -iT foo/foo foo2 && mv -T foo2 foo. One question would be: whichfoowould we like to preserve the metadata of?
– Stéphane Chazelas
Apr 29 at 6:43
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I don’t know any way to do it in one step,
but the easiest way around the problem is to remove the problem.ÂÂ
The fact that the two directories have the same name is a problem;
so, rename one of them:
mv foo foo2 && mv foo2/foo foo && rmdir foo2
answered Apr 29 at 3:54
G-Man
11.5k82656
1
Or with GNUmv:mv -iT foo/foo foo2 && mv -T foo2 foo. One question would be: whichfoowould we like to preserve the metadata of?
– Stéphane Chazelas
Apr 29 at 6:43
add a comment |Â
up vote
1
down vote
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up vote
1
down vote
accepted
I don’t know any way to do it in one step,
but the easiest way around the problem is to remove the problem.ÂÂ
The fact that the two directories have the same name is a problem;
so, rename one of them:
mv foo foo2 && mv foo2/foo foo && rmdir foo2
answered Apr 29 at 3:54
G-Man
11.5k82656
I don’t know any way to do it in one step,
but the easiest way around the problem is to remove the problem.ÂÂ
The fact that the two directories have the same name is a problem;
so, rename one of them:
mv foo foo2 && mv foo2/foo foo && rmdir foo2
answered Apr 29 at 3:54
G-Man
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edited Apr 29 at 4:32
answered Apr 29 at 3:54
G-Man
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answered Apr 29 at 3:54
G-Man
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answered Apr 29 at 3:54
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Or with GNUmv:mv -iT foo/foo foo2 && mv -T foo2 foo. One question would be: whichfoowould we like to preserve the metadata of?
– Stéphane Chazelas
Apr 29 at 6:43
add a comment |Â
1
Or with GNUmv:mv -iT foo/foo foo2 && mv -T foo2 foo. One question would be: whichfoowould we like to preserve the metadata of?
– Stéphane Chazelas
Apr 29 at 6:43
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Or with GNU
mv: mv -iT foo/foo foo2 && mv -T foo2 foo. One question would be: which foo would we like to preserve the metadata of?– Stéphane Chazelas
Apr 29 at 6:43
Or with GNU
mv: mv -iT foo/foo foo2 && mv -T foo2 foo. One question would be: which foo would we like to preserve the metadata of?– Stéphane Chazelas
Apr 29 at 6:43
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