[CentOS] -bash: /bin/mv: Argument list too long

im doing mv a* mv b* right now but i have more than 200K files to be moved
is there a faster way?

On 6/15/06, Charles Lacroix <clacroix at cegep-ste-foy.qc.ca> wrote:
>
> On Thursday 15 June 2006 10:41, Mark Quitoriano wrote:
> > what's a workaround for this?
> >
> > -bash: /bin/mv: Argument list too long
>
> can't you use something like
>
> find . -exec mv {}\; /new/location
>
> it's just an idea like this...
>
> if not
>
> mv a* ..
> mv b* .. etc
>
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