Post #1336602
2026-04-02 21:12 UTC
I just tried your use case, and it did move the files to the correct folder.
using zsh:
user@computer ~ touch test.jpg
user@computer ~ touch test2.jpg
user@computer ~ mv test.jpg ./Public
user@computer ~ mv test2.jpg $_
user@computer ~ ls ./Public
test2.jpg test.jpg
user@computer ~
using bash:
[user@computer Public]$ mkdir test
[user@computer Public]$ ls
test test2.jpg test.jpg
[user@computer Public]$ mv test.jpg ./test
[user@computer Public]$ mv test2.jpg $_
[user@computer Public]$ ls
test
[user@computer Public]$ ls test/
test2.jpg test.jpg
[user@computer Public]$
using bash and full path:
[user@computer Public]$ ls
test test2.jpg test.jpg
[user@computer Public]$ mv test.jpg /home/user/Public/test
[user@computer Public]$ mv test2.jpg $_
[user@computer Public]$ ls
test
[user@computer Public]$ ls test/
test2.jpg test.jpg
[user@computer Public]$
What shell are you using? You can check it by using echo $0.
user@computer ~ echo $0
/usr/bin/zsh
[user@computer ~]$ echo $0
/bin/bash
I can’t reproduce it, even when putting the directory path in quotes, it still simply moved the file.
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