file disappears when moving using mv

[deathtrip]

file disappears when moving using mv

[leo-arch]

Done! cp and mv should behave now exactly as c and m when using the sel keyword (and it's the last parameter). As per the above explanation: cp sel amounts now to cp file1 file2 .

[deathtrip]

Thanks for the quick fix! I think the new behavior is better and less confusing. So i'm gonna close this one.

[leo-arch]

Hi @deathtrip, thanks for reporting.

Here's the thing:

Unlike c and m, cp and mv are external commands, and as such, they have no added functionality: they take what you throw at them. In this case, sel is actually expanded, but that's all. So the complete command is: cp file1 file2. As you can guess, this command copies file1 into file2 (the same with mv).

Why are c and m different? Whenever you pass sel as the last parameter, these internal commands add an extra final parameter: ., so that the complete command reads as follows: c file1 file2 ., which means: copy both files into the current directory.

Now, you're right in that in might be confusing having these two different behaviors. It would be better indeed to have the c/m behavior for cp/mv as well. I'll take a look at it.