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bug#31013: mv utility bug or how to create `hairy eyes` directory
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Pádraig Brady |
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bug#31013: mv utility bug or how to create `hairy eyes` directory |
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Sat, 31 Mar 2018 15:52:05 -0700 |
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On 31/03/18 12:55, Andry wrote:
> Hello Bug-coreutils,
>
> Seems this bug has waited ages before anybody has noticed it.
> I am not a Linux fan, but this one bug was my most one-shot-bug
> I've ever catched from a thing first time usage (VirtualBox Linux Mint 18.3
> x64). Am I cursed?
>
>> cd ~
>> mkdir 1
>> mkdir 2
>> mv 1 "2/*.*"
>> cd 2
>> ls
> *.*
>
> Why these 2 hairy eyes look at me?
lol. Never heard this referenced as hairy eyes before :)
This is nothing to do with mv, rather the quoting applied by your shell.
Compare and contrast:
echo "hairy eyes: *.*"
echo "hairy eyes:" *.*
cheers,
Pádraig