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Is there any "super" mv command out there which displays files info (size, date, etc.) when a destination file is to be overwritten with a source one ? This is, when moving files around and two files happen to have the same name.



When this happens I need first to cancel the 'mv' command, 'ls' the destination folder, have a look at the file size, timestamp, etc., then compare it to the source one to see which one I want to keep, then resume the mv operation if I want to overwrite, otherwise just 'rm' the source one.



It would be great to get a similar behaviour as when this happens under a X session or Windows, so a decision can be taken without canceling the ongoing command.










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    You can write a script yourself to achieve your goal.

    – Weijun Zhou
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  • You run mv commands without looking at the target before actually running the command?

    – Andrew Henle
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  • Yes, a script can do that.

    – Weijun Zhou
    3 hours ago











  • If you only care about timestamps and overwrite only if newer, there is mv -u.

    – Weijun Zhou
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Is there any "super" mv command out there which displays files info (size, date, etc.) when a destination file is to be overwritten with a source one ? This is, when moving files around and two files happen to have the same name.



When this happens I need first to cancel the 'mv' command, 'ls' the destination folder, have a look at the file size, timestamp, etc., then compare it to the source one to see which one I want to keep, then resume the mv operation if I want to overwrite, otherwise just 'rm' the source one.



It would be great to get a similar behaviour as when this happens under a X session or Windows, so a decision can be taken without canceling the ongoing command.










share|improve this question

















  • 1





    You can write a script yourself to achieve your goal.

    – Weijun Zhou
    3 hours ago











  • You run mv commands without looking at the target before actually running the command?

    – Andrew Henle
    3 hours ago











  • Yes, a script can do that.

    – Weijun Zhou
    3 hours ago











  • If you only care about timestamps and overwrite only if newer, there is mv -u.

    – Weijun Zhou
    3 hours ago













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Is there any "super" mv command out there which displays files info (size, date, etc.) when a destination file is to be overwritten with a source one ? This is, when moving files around and two files happen to have the same name.



When this happens I need first to cancel the 'mv' command, 'ls' the destination folder, have a look at the file size, timestamp, etc., then compare it to the source one to see which one I want to keep, then resume the mv operation if I want to overwrite, otherwise just 'rm' the source one.



It would be great to get a similar behaviour as when this happens under a X session or Windows, so a decision can be taken without canceling the ongoing command.










share|improve this question














Is there any "super" mv command out there which displays files info (size, date, etc.) when a destination file is to be overwritten with a source one ? This is, when moving files around and two files happen to have the same name.



When this happens I need first to cancel the 'mv' command, 'ls' the destination folder, have a look at the file size, timestamp, etc., then compare it to the source one to see which one I want to keep, then resume the mv operation if I want to overwrite, otherwise just 'rm' the source one.



It would be great to get a similar behaviour as when this happens under a X session or Windows, so a decision can be taken without canceling the ongoing command.







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    You can write a script yourself to achieve your goal.

    – Weijun Zhou
    3 hours ago











  • You run mv commands without looking at the target before actually running the command?

    – Andrew Henle
    3 hours ago











  • Yes, a script can do that.

    – Weijun Zhou
    3 hours ago











  • If you only care about timestamps and overwrite only if newer, there is mv -u.

    – Weijun Zhou
    3 hours ago












  • 1





    You can write a script yourself to achieve your goal.

    – Weijun Zhou
    3 hours ago











  • You run mv commands without looking at the target before actually running the command?

    – Andrew Henle
    3 hours ago











  • Yes, a script can do that.

    – Weijun Zhou
    3 hours ago











  • If you only care about timestamps and overwrite only if newer, there is mv -u.

    – Weijun Zhou
    3 hours ago







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You can write a script yourself to achieve your goal.

– Weijun Zhou
3 hours ago





You can write a script yourself to achieve your goal.

– Weijun Zhou
3 hours ago













You run mv commands without looking at the target before actually running the command?

– Andrew Henle
3 hours ago





You run mv commands without looking at the target before actually running the command?

– Andrew Henle
3 hours ago













Yes, a script can do that.

– Weijun Zhou
3 hours ago





Yes, a script can do that.

– Weijun Zhou
3 hours ago













If you only care about timestamps and overwrite only if newer, there is mv -u.

– Weijun Zhou
3 hours ago





If you only care about timestamps and overwrite only if newer, there is mv -u.

– Weijun Zhou
3 hours ago










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