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Re: the mv trap

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From: "Mikael Magnusson" <mikachu@xxxxxxxxx>
To: zzapper <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: the mv trap
Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2007 23:21:54 +0200
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On 12/08/07, zzapper <david@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi
> One of unix's little traps is when you intended to move some files to a
> directory but you mis-typed the destination directory and instead copied all
> your files to a file created with the mistyped folder name as name. In fact
> this file becomes a kind of a black-hole for all but the last listed files
>
> This is made worse if you don't notice your error.
>
> Is there any Zsh solution/warning to this ?
>
> > mv x1 x2 x3 x4 x5 directory

Try always putting a / after "directory" and hopefully that will make
mv notice what you wanted, or just press tab to see if "directory"
completes.

-- 
Mikael Magnusson

References:
- the mv trap
  - From: zzapper

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