[ILUG] undooing an mv...

From: kevin lyda (kevin at domain suberic.net)
Date: Wed 23 May 2001 - 10:40:57 IST

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sometimes i move files aside for a short time and then want them
moved back. i find it annoying that there's that much typing involved.
so i wrote the following; people might find it useful.

the way i use it goes like so:

% mv foo foo.old
% stuff
% vm !mv:*

anyway, the script:

    #!/bin/sh

    if [ $# -ne 2 ]; then
        echo "need two arguments"
        exit 1
    fi
    if [ -d $2 ]; then
        echo "the source is a directory. aborting."
        exit 2
    fi
    mv $2 $1

kevin

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