# Hmmmm

**URL:** <https://forums.suse.com/t/hmmmm/24161>\
**Category:** Chatting over the Back Fence\
**Created:** [July 15, 2013, 5:40pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/hmmmm/24161 "2013-07-15T17:40:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![System1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/51bf81/32.png) [@System1](https://forums.suse.com/u/System1)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 5:40pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/hmmmm/24161/1 "2013-07-15T17:40:12Z")

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I ran this command this morning,

`mv ../*.Z`

instead of

`mv ../*.Z .`

One of my .Z files disappeared?? Any idea where it went?

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 5:57pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/hmmmm/24161/2 "2013-07-15T17:57:12Z")

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On Mon, 15 Jul 2013 14:40:12 +0000, GofBorg wrote:  
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> I ran this command this morning,
> 
> `mv ../*.Z`
> 
> instead of
> 
> `mv ../*.Z .`
> 
> One of my .Z files disappeared?? Any idea where it went?[/color]

To the second (or last) file that matched the wildcard pattern.

Time to restore from backup, most likely. The system did exactly what  
you told it to do, but what you told it to do and what you wanted it to  
do were two different things.

Jim

–  
Jim Henderson, CNA6, CDE, CNI, LPIC-1, CLA10, CLP10  
Novell/SUSE/NetIQ Knowledge Partner

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 5:59pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/hmmmm/24161/3 "2013-07-15T17:59:19Z")

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Yah, figured out it combined the two…oops.

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**Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 6:00pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/hmmmm/24161/4 "2013-07-15T18:00:13Z")

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On 07/15/2013 08:59 AM, GofBorg wrote:\> Yah, figured out it combined the  
two…oops.

s/combined the two/overwrote the second/

Good luck.

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**Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 7:07pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/hmmmm/24161/5 "2013-07-15T19:07:17Z")

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On Mon, 15 Jul 2013 14:59:19 +0000, GofBorg wrote:  
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> Yah, figured out it combined the two…oops.[/color]

Done it myself a few times, fortunately not with anything too  
important. 🙂

Jim

–  
Jim Henderson, CNA6, CDE, CNI, LPIC-1, CLA10, CLP10  
Novell/SUSE/NetIQ Knowledge Partner

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**Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 7:09pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/hmmmm/24161/6 "2013-07-15T19:09:44Z")

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> Done it myself a few times, fortunately not with anything too[color=blue]  
> important. :)[/color]

Yah, no biggie had a backup of the files involved.

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**Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 8:38pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/hmmmm/24161/7 "2013-07-15T20:38:21Z")

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On Mon, 15 Jul 2013 14:40:12 +0000, GofBorg wrote:  
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> I ran this command this morning,
> 
> `mv ../*.Z`
> 
> instead of
> 
> `mv ../*.Z .`
> 
> One of my .Z files disappeared?? Any idea where it went?[/color]

Did you look under the desk?

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**Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 9:02pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/hmmmm/24161/8 "2013-07-15T21:02:55Z")

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> Did you look under the desk?  
> Twice

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**Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 11:50pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/hmmmm/24161/9 "2013-07-15T23:50:19Z")

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On Mon, 15 Jul 2013 18:02:55 +0000, GofBorg wrote:  
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> > Did you look under the desk?[/color]  
> > Twice[/color]

After watching Wallace and Gromit again, I blame the bunnies.  
[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0312004/](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0312004/)

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**Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 11:37pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/hmmmm/24161/10 "2013-07-16T23:37:54Z")

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> After watching Wallace and Gromit again, I blame the bunnies.

Good call