You can move multiple files and directories at once using mv command. The last parameter will be treated as a destination in this case. If the source files or directories have a common pattern, then you can also use regular expressions with mv command.
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mkdir mydir{1..3} ## create some files and directories touch myfile{1..3} mkdir ourdir ls ## returns mydir1 mydir2 mydir3 ourdir myfile1 myfile2 myfile3 mv mydir1 mydir2 mydir3 ourdir ## move multiple directories at once, mv mydir* ourdir will also work mv myfile* ourdir ## uses regular expression * ls ourdir ## returns mydir1 mydir2 mydir3 myfile1 myfile2 myfile3 rm -r ourdir |