Re: Add dry-run option to mv

[Kaz Kylheku (Coreutils)]

On 2021-03-10 13:59, L A Walsh wrote:
> On 2021/03/07 03:20, Emilio Garcia wrote:
> >    Hi all,
> >
> >    I checked out the coreutils repo on Github and I would like to ask 
> > you
> >    to add a dry-run option in the mv command.
> >   ----
>    When I've needed such functionality, I insert an 'echo'
> before the 'mv' command, so in a script:
>
> cmd=eval
> if ((dry_run)); then
>  cmd=echo
> fi

Me too; but that doesn't validate the arguments like Emilio wants.

E.g.

  mv --dry-run existing-file nonexistent-dir/  # error
  mv --dry-run nonexistent-object somewhere # error
  mv --dry-run object /another/filesystem # diagnostic