basic move command

[Lt Major Burns]

i want to move a folder onto a different volume. it has hundreds of thousands of files in it, and the preparing to copy takes forever.

what commands do i need to put in the terminal? i want to move the folder

/Volumes/Tom/tom

to

/Volumes/iTunes/Back up

in which there is already a folder called tom. i want the first one to replace the second one...

 

[simbalala]

mv /Volumes/Tom/tom /Volumes/iTunes/Back up/

By default it will overwrite any existing directory.

Check man mv for details.

 

[simbalala]

Actually, I overlooked the space. You'll need to escape the space in Back up. Like so...

mv /Volumes/Tom/tom /Volumes/iTunes/Back\ up/