How to move some file to a subdirectory?

Question

I have -

|Books  
  |--LaTeX
  |--LaTeX_wikibook.pdf  
  |--LaTex_advanced.pdf
  |--vim_wikibook.pdf
  |--vimLaTeX.pdf

I want -

|Books  
  |--LaTeX
  |   |--LaTeX_wikibook.pdf  
  |   |--LaTex_advanced.pdf
  |   |--vimLaTeX.pdf
  |--vim_wikibook.pdf

I want to move only those file having substring LaTeX to the folder LaTeX. How can I do this in one command?

Did you try something like mv *LaTeX*.* LaTeX/? Sorry, on my phone, so can't test. — AnotherKiwiGuy, Jul 18 '17 at 14:12

Rinzwind · Accepted Answer · 2017-07-18T14:19:27.073

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Like this ...

cd Books/
mv *LaTeX*.pdf LateX/

You can exchange the "pdf" for a "*" to if you have other extensions.

edited Jul 18 '17 at 14:19

answered Jul 18 '17 at 14:13

Rinzwind

I think you missed the capitalization in LaTeX/ :) – AnotherKiwiGuy Jul 18 '17 at 14:18
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Hmmm? Where? >:-D – Rinzwind Jul 18 '17 at 14:19
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You wrote mv *LaTeX*.pdf LateX/, it should be mv *LaTeX*.pdf LaTeX/. Hehe – AnotherKiwiGuy Jul 18 '17 at 14:20

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