On Thu, 15 Jun 2006 at 10:41pm, Mark Quitoriano wrote > what's a workaround for this? > > -bash: /bin/mv: Argument list too long More info would be helpful, but as a first approximation: tar cO $LISTOFSTUFFTOMOVE | tar xC /path/to/move/stuff/to -f - -- Joshua Baker-LePain Department of Biomedical Engineering Duke University