How to use 'mv' command to move files except those in a specific directory?

Question

I am wondering - how can I move all the files in a directory except those files in a specific directory (as \'mv\' does not have a \'--exclude\' option)?

Answer 1

First get the names of files and folders and exclude whichever you want:

ls --ignore=file1 --ignore==folder1 --ignore==regular-expression1 ...

Then pass filtered names to mv as the first parameter and the second parameter will be the destination:

mv $(ls --ignore=file1 --ignore==folder1 --ignore==regular-expression1 ...) destination/

Answer 2

#!/bin/bash

touch apple  banana  carrot  dog  cherry

mkdir fruit

F="apple  banana  carrot  dog cherry"

mv ${F/dog/} fruit

# this removes 'dog' from the list F, so it remains in the current directory and not moved to 'fruit'