Moving all directories into a folder, shut down my linux server

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SO recently I tried moving all files in a directory into a directory within the file path I was requesting everything to move from. From the directory /srv/www/wptestsite I ran the command



sudo mv ./* /wordpress


to move everything in the current directory (including Wordpress) into wordpress.



What I think happened is that it moved everything from root into a directory wordpress. What ended up happening was that I got disconnected from the server and now I cannot ssh or ftp into the IP address. Any ideas on how to fix this?



I thought of safe boot command line ssh, reinstall OS, or safe boot



Something to get me in and fix the problem or just reset with a fresh Linux server with CentOS 7 installed.



FTP or pinging the server IP address doesn't work.



Please help, big problem here!






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    What directory were you in when you ran the mv command?
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    Sep 22 at 16:33






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    "What I think happened is that it moved everything from root into a file wordpress". Rest assured that if wordpress was a file the command would have failed. If it was a directory though then yes, files and folders would have been moved.
    – roaima
    Sep 22 at 16:34











  • @roaima I was in /srv/www/wptestsite, and you are right wordpress IS a directory
    – GoyaKing
    Sep 22 at 16:40















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SO recently I tried moving all files in a directory into a directory within the file path I was requesting everything to move from. From the directory /srv/www/wptestsite I ran the command



sudo mv ./* /wordpress


to move everything in the current directory (including Wordpress) into wordpress.



What I think happened is that it moved everything from root into a directory wordpress. What ended up happening was that I got disconnected from the server and now I cannot ssh or ftp into the IP address. Any ideas on how to fix this?



I thought of safe boot command line ssh, reinstall OS, or safe boot



Something to get me in and fix the problem or just reset with a fresh Linux server with CentOS 7 installed.



FTP or pinging the server IP address doesn't work.



Please help, big problem here!






centos ssh wordpress







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    What directory were you in when you ran the mv command?
    – roaima
    Sep 22 at 16:33






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    "What I think happened is that it moved everything from root into a file wordpress". Rest assured that if wordpress was a file the command would have failed. If it was a directory though then yes, files and folders would have been moved.
    – roaima
    Sep 22 at 16:34











  • @roaima I was in /srv/www/wptestsite, and you are right wordpress IS a directory
    – GoyaKing
    Sep 22 at 16:40













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SO recently I tried moving all files in a directory into a directory within the file path I was requesting everything to move from. From the directory /srv/www/wptestsite I ran the command



sudo mv ./* /wordpress


to move everything in the current directory (including Wordpress) into wordpress.



What I think happened is that it moved everything from root into a directory wordpress. What ended up happening was that I got disconnected from the server and now I cannot ssh or ftp into the IP address. Any ideas on how to fix this?



I thought of safe boot command line ssh, reinstall OS, or safe boot



Something to get me in and fix the problem or just reset with a fresh Linux server with CentOS 7 installed.



FTP or pinging the server IP address doesn't work.



Please help, big problem here!






centos ssh wordpress







share|improve this question















SO recently I tried moving all files in a directory into a directory within the file path I was requesting everything to move from. From the directory /srv/www/wptestsite I ran the command



sudo mv ./* /wordpress


to move everything in the current directory (including Wordpress) into wordpress.



What I think happened is that it moved everything from root into a directory wordpress. What ended up happening was that I got disconnected from the server and now I cannot ssh or ftp into the IP address. Any ideas on how to fix this?



I thought of safe boot command line ssh, reinstall OS, or safe boot



Something to get me in and fix the problem or just reset with a fresh Linux server with CentOS 7 installed.



FTP or pinging the server IP address doesn't work.



Please help, big problem here!






centos ssh wordpress




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    What directory were you in when you ran the mv command?
    – roaima
    Sep 22 at 16:33






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    "What I think happened is that it moved everything from root into a file wordpress". Rest assured that if wordpress was a file the command would have failed. If it was a directory though then yes, files and folders would have been moved.
    – roaima
    Sep 22 at 16:34











  • @roaima I was in /srv/www/wptestsite, and you are right wordpress IS a directory
    – GoyaKing
    Sep 22 at 16:40













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    What directory were you in when you ran the mv command?
    – roaima
    Sep 22 at 16:33






  • 1




    "What I think happened is that it moved everything from root into a file wordpress". Rest assured that if wordpress was a file the command would have failed. If it was a directory though then yes, files and folders would have been moved.
    – roaima
    Sep 22 at 16:34











  • @roaima I was in /srv/www/wptestsite, and you are right wordpress IS a directory
    – GoyaKing
    Sep 22 at 16:40








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What directory were you in when you ran the mv command?
– roaima
Sep 22 at 16:33




What directory were you in when you ran the mv command?
– roaima
Sep 22 at 16:33




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"What I think happened is that it moved everything from root into a file wordpress". Rest assured that if wordpress was a file the command would have failed. If it was a directory though then yes, files and folders would have been moved.
– roaima
Sep 22 at 16:34





"What I think happened is that it moved everything from root into a file wordpress". Rest assured that if wordpress was a file the command would have failed. If it was a directory though then yes, files and folders would have been moved.
– roaima
Sep 22 at 16:34













@roaima I was in /srv/www/wptestsite, and you are right wordpress IS a directory
– GoyaKing
Sep 22 at 16:40





@roaima I was in /srv/www/wptestsite, and you are right wordpress IS a directory
– GoyaKing
Sep 22 at 16:40











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If you ran sudo mv ./* /wordpress from the /srv/www/wptestsite directory then you might have filled up the root directory's filesystem (/).



I don't think this should have caused the system to fail to boot, but it might have caused some of the more critical services to fail to start.



Depending on what "safe boot" really means you should be able to use that to get to the filesystems and move the files from /wordpress back to /src/www/wptestsite. I would not recommend a reinstallation of the OS.






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    Of course, if OP actually typed sudo mv /* /wordpress (or even sudo mv . /* /wordpress), that would explain a broken system.
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If you ran sudo mv ./* /wordpress from the /srv/www/wptestsite directory then you might have filled up the root directory's filesystem (/).



I don't think this should have caused the system to fail to boot, but it might have caused some of the more critical services to fail to start.



Depending on what "safe boot" really means you should be able to use that to get to the filesystems and move the files from /wordpress back to /src/www/wptestsite. I would not recommend a reinstallation of the OS.






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    Of course, if OP actually typed sudo mv /* /wordpress (or even sudo mv . /* /wordpress), that would explain a broken system.
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If you ran sudo mv ./* /wordpress from the /srv/www/wptestsite directory then you might have filled up the root directory's filesystem (/).



I don't think this should have caused the system to fail to boot, but it might have caused some of the more critical services to fail to start.



Depending on what "safe boot" really means you should be able to use that to get to the filesystems and move the files from /wordpress back to /src/www/wptestsite. I would not recommend a reinstallation of the OS.






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    Of course, if OP actually typed sudo mv /* /wordpress (or even sudo mv . /* /wordpress), that would explain a broken system.
    – G-Man
    Sep 25 at 2:31












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If you ran sudo mv ./* /wordpress from the /srv/www/wptestsite directory then you might have filled up the root directory's filesystem (/).



I don't think this should have caused the system to fail to boot, but it might have caused some of the more critical services to fail to start.



Depending on what "safe boot" really means you should be able to use that to get to the filesystems and move the files from /wordpress back to /src/www/wptestsite. I would not recommend a reinstallation of the OS.






share|improve this answer














If you ran sudo mv ./* /wordpress from the /srv/www/wptestsite directory then you might have filled up the root directory's filesystem (/).



I don't think this should have caused the system to fail to boot, but it might have caused some of the more critical services to fail to start.



Depending on what "safe boot" really means you should be able to use that to get to the filesystems and move the files from /wordpress back to /src/www/wptestsite. I would not recommend a reinstallation of the OS.







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    Of course, if OP actually typed sudo mv /* /wordpress (or even sudo mv . /* /wordpress), that would explain a broken system.
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    Of course, if OP actually typed sudo mv /* /wordpress (or even sudo mv . /* /wordpress), that would explain a broken system.
    – G-Man
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Of course, if OP actually typed sudo mv /* /wordpress (or even sudo mv . /* /wordpress), that would explain a broken system.
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Of course, if OP actually typed sudo mv /* /wordpress (or even sudo mv . /* /wordpress), that would explain a broken system.
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