https://github.com/bfontaine/mvb

:rewind: mv. reversed.
https://github.com/bfontaine/mvb

cli shell tool

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:rewind: mv. reversed.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/bfontaine/mvb
• Owner: bfontaine
• License: mit
• Created: 2014-05-19T10:02:00.000Z (over 10 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2015-10-04T16:55:23.000Z (over 9 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-01-28T23:09:20.056Z (17 days ago)
• Topics: cli, shell, tool
• Language: Shell
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• Size: 160 KB
• Stars: 5
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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README

        
# mvb

`mvb` is a little utility to move files back. It’s like `mv`, but reversed.

Have you ever moved the wrong file with `mv`, and edited your previous command

to mv back the file? With `mvb`, all you need to do is to re-run your command

with a `b` at the end of `mv`. That’s it.

    $ mv foo/bar/qux/myfile abc/xyz/myfile2

    # damn, wrong file, let’s move it back

    $ mvb foo/bar/qux/myfile abc/xyz/myfile2

## Features

* no dependencies

* all `mv` options are supported

## Install

    mkdir -p ~/bin

    curl https://raw.github.com/bfontaine/mvb/master/mvb > ~/bin/mvb

    chmod u+x ~/bin/mvb

This creates the `~/bin` directory if it doesn’t exist. If it’s not in your

`PATH` you have to add it:

    echo 'export PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bashrc

### Using Homebrew

On OS X with [Homebrew](http://brew.sh/), use:

    brew install bfontaine/utils/mvb

## Caveats

A lot of `mv` variations can’t be reverted without much informations, for

example:

    mv foo/* bar/

Thus, `mvb` handles only simple cases where a file is renamed/moved; not

complex ones involving glob patterns and directories renaming. By default,

`mvb` runs `mv` on its (switched) arguments. If the last path ends with a

slash, it appends the first file’s name to it before continuing.

For example, `mvb foo bar` is equivalent to `mv bar foo`; while `mvb foo bar/`

is equivalent to `mv bar/foo foo`.