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What happens when you try to move a file to a non-existant location MAC?

On executing the following lines via the terminal on a MAC, mv terraform2 ~/bin cd ~/bin I get the error that '/Users/myname/bin: Not a directory`. However, I can't see the file terraform2 in its original location. Where did it go?

Solution

  • Given

     mv terraform2 ~/bin

    If ~/bin doesn't exist before you run that command, your file terraform2 will be renamed to a file called ~/bin.

    Thus, when you try

    cd ~/bin

    you get

    /Users/myname/bin: Not a directory

    because it's a file - your original terraform2 file.

    The command

     mv terraform2 ~/bin/.

    is much better when you're trying to mv a file into a directory.