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Hey, I have a folder which contains more than 100 thousands files and hence its size is 80 GB. I need to move this to a subfolder, so that I ...
  1. 01-07-2008 #1
    kurianthayil
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    Hey,
    I have a folder which contains more than 100 thousands files and hence its size is 80 GB. I need to move this to a subfolder, so that I can sort them with its filename which contains the dates. How do I do it? I tried "mv" command (#mv 200707*.wav July-2007/) but its showing "bash: /bin/mv: Argument list too long" error. Is there any way I can perform this operation? Do suggest some tips. Thanks.

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    Kurian.
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