lost file after do "mv" file in filename.sh

always-learn

12/19/23, 5:24 PM

I try to run filename.sh which contains:

mv /home/newdir/test1.jpg /home/backupdir
mv /home/newdir/test2.jpg /home/backupdir
mv /home/newdir/test3.jpg /home/backupdir
mv /home/newdir/test4.jpg /home/backupdir
mv /home/newdir/test5.jpg /home/backupdir

after that, my test.jpg file is not located on /home/backupdir, and that has 2 backupdir:

backupdir and 'backupdir'$'\r'

Then I try to "cd" to 'backupdir'$'\r' but the result is:

bash: cd: $'backupdir\r': Not a directory

Any can help me, please? or maybe have the same issue as me?

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steeldriver

12/19/23, 5:27 PM

Unfortunately if your script was written with Windows line endings (CRLF in place of plain LF) and there wasn't a pre-existing directory named `/home/backupdir\r` then you likely created and then overwrote the same file multiple times.

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makerio

12/19/23, 5:47 PM

Try adding a / to the end of your mv commands. I think whats happening is you're creating a file named backupdir with the contents of test*.jpg, and then overwriting it many times.

Also, you can use wildcards instead of running many commands.

mv /home/newdir/test*.jpg /home/backupdir

If this dosent work please answer:

What is in newdir?
Is this script being run as root?
Post the ls of your home directory.

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