Exclude folders when performing mass mv inside folder

[medicineman25]

I have a folder A and folder B. Folder B is inside folder A and I wish to move all of the contents of folder A into folder B.

A-
|-B
|-other
|-other
|-etc...

How do I use mv to exclude folder B during a wildcard operation?

I have tried turning on extended glob using

Code:

setopt extendedglob

then running

Code:

mv ^(folder_B) folder_B

but all I get is the error:

unknown sort specifier

 

[medicineman25]

Working commands

Code:

set -o extendedglob

mv -- ^(folder_B)(D) folder_B

 

[Samuel Tai]

Have you tried using mc instead to select all within folder A, and then deselect folder B?

 

[medicineman25]

Have you tried using mc instead to select all within folder A, and then deselect folder B?

Oh wow! No I have not, ten years on Linux/*BSD and I didn't even know it existed. Thanks Samuel!