Find and Move Command in Terminal

Question

I have used this command mentioned below to find the files and move it in a folder:

$ find . -maxdepth 1 -name "Screen*.png" -exec mv ./ScreenShot/ {} +

This is showing this error:

usage: mv [-f | -i | -n] [-v] source target
       mv [-f | -i | -n] [-v] source ... directory

What Unix are you using? – Kusalananda Jun 14 '20 at 22:27 — Kusalananda, Jun 14 '20 at 22:27

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 14 '20 at 23:04

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You need

mv -t dest {} +

or

mv {} dest

answered Jun 14 '20 at 23:04

user1133275

I think the last one is meant to be mv {} dest \;, right? – Quasímodo Jun 14 '20 at 23:54
@Quasímodo those are just excerpts highlighting the issue to be prefixed and suffixed appropriately – user1133275 Jun 15 '20 at 00:19
I used "mv -t dest {} +" as well. It is giving same error – Sudhs Jun 15 '20 at 04:43
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When I use -t it is showing "Illegal option -- t" – Sudhs Jun 15 '20 at 04:48
I got the answer. I used this command and it works
find . -type f -name "Screen*.png" -exec mv {} ScreenShot/ ;
– Sudhs Jun 15 '20 at 04:55

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