Quick Answer: How Do I Move Multiple Files from One Directory to Another in Unix?
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How to move multiple files into a directory. To move multiple files using the mv command pass the names of the files or a pattern followed by the destination. The following example is the same as above but uses pattern matching to move all files with a . txt extension.

How do I move multiple files from one folder to another?

Click and Shift

First, select the first file that you want to move. Then, hold down the Shift key, and select the last one that you want to move. Anything stored in between the two will be selected. After that, it’s just a matter of dragging one of them to the desired folder or location.

How do I copy multiple files from one directory to another in Linux?

Simply copy multiple files at once from command line

Make sure to note that there are no spaces between the files. The last part of the command, /home/usr/destination/ , is the directory you wish to copy the files into. Where file1,file2,file3 and file4 would be copied.

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