How to move all files (including hidden) into another directory

6 July 2022

Move files including hidden ones from one to another directory via terminal console on Ubuntu or similar OS

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First things first, this will work, but it will not move hidden files.

mv /path/subfolder/* /path/

This single line solution will do job:

mv /path/subfolder/{.,}* /path/

Behind scene, this is same as:

mv /path/subfolder/* /path/subfolder/.* /path/

If you see some warning like 'Device or resource busy', feel free to ignore them.