Linux Notes: Move files from one directory to another

I needed to upload some backups, then move them to my /home directory. I only use Linux a little bit, not even every day (But moreso recently), so sometimes the simple things are hard.

I was doing this:
mv backup-9.16.2010_15-28-13_user.tar.gz /home/backup-9.16.2010_15-28-13_user.tar.gz

and then repeating for each file. Then I tried

mv backup-9.16.2010*.gz /home/backup-9.16.2010*.gz
and got an error that /home/backup-9.16.2010*.gz was not a directory, leading me to understand that

mv backup-9.16.2010*.gz /home

Was all I needed.

Delete Linux files with illegal Characters

If a file has been created with invalid or illegal characters, your FTP program or the rm command may choke on it. Here's a quick way to delete it in ssh.

navigate to the correct directory, then:
ls -il

You'll see somehthing like
782263 -rw-r--r-- 1 viv viv 0 2006-01-27 15:49 \+Xy \+\8

"\+Xy \+\8" represents the bad filename

find . -inum 782263 -exec rm -i {} \;

replace 782263 with the number associated with your bad filename.

You'll be prompted to verify the correct file is being delted. Type "y" and "Enter" if it is correct.

This information came from:
http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/delete-remove-files-with-inode-number.html