Cancel mv after execution

[Craig White]

On Sat, 2008-08-23 at 21:07 -0700, Russell Miller wrote:
> Adil Drissi wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Is it possible to cancel one command after execution?
> > my command was :
> > mv includes ../includes
> >
> > i was in /var/www so if a directory includes already existed in /var it was replaced. 
> >
> > Thank you
> >
> >   
> It wasn't replaced, it was put inside of it.
> 
> You now have a ../includes/includes directory.
> 
> Also, to cancel it, you press control and "C" - however, in the case of 
> commands such as mv and cp, you'll find the operation half done and will 
> usually have to clean up after it.
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yeah - it's generally easier to let it complete and then 'mv' it back
than to stop it part way.

Craig