Move a large number of files in Linux
This tutorial will show you how to move a large number of files in Linux
/bin/mv: Argument list too long
When you are trying to move large number of files such 200000 files. you can use the command
mv /path/to/old-directory /path/to/new-directory
If you try the above command, you will be getting the error “/bin/mv: Argument list too long”
You can use the command given below to avoid this error ,
find /path/to/old-directory -type f | xargs -i mv "{}" /path/to/new-directory
