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Move n files from dir1 to dir2
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| #!/usr/bin/env bash | |
| # move `n` files from source dir to destination | |
| # | |
| # Example | |
| # | |
| #$./move_n_files.sh 30 './*.csv' ./dest | |
| n_files=$1 # first argument | |
| source_dir=$2 # second argument can be a glob i.e. ls *.csv | |
| dest_dir=$3 # third argument | |
| ls "${source_dir}" | head -n "${n_files}" | xargs -i mv "{}" "${dest_dir}" |
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