How to Move (mv) Multiple Directories or Files to a Folder at a Time. There are scenarios where you might want to move multiple directories or files to a folder at once. You can do this using -t flag with the mv command.

How do I move multiple folders?

Mouse drag and select multiple files or folders

Next, drag the box until the last file or folder is highlighted. Once the files are selected, they can be copied, cut, or dragged to another window to move them.

How do I move multiple files in Linux?

To move multiple files using the mv command pass the names of the files or a pattern followed by the destination. The following example is the same as above but uses pattern matching to move all files with a . txt extension.