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    To set the variable as environment variable (make it available to child processes), you may want to export it like export VIDFOLDER=/path/to/my/folder. Commented Sep 13, 2019 at 13:47
  • Uhmmm, i might have found the problem. I defined the environmental variable using quotes as in export VIDFOLDER="path/to/folder" problem is i have to escape a space in the path, does it work even without quotes? Commented Sep 13, 2019 at 13:52
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    why not just vidmv () { command mv "$@" /path/to/my/folder; } and let mv handle any missing or unreadable file errors? That also has the advantage of supporting all of the existing mv options (except -T which wouldn't work). Or vidmv () { command mv "$@" "$VIDFOLDER"; } allowing the OP to change the destination without redefining the function. Of course, VIDFOLDER would have to be pre-defined in the shell or .bashrc. Commented Sep 13, 2019 at 13:56
  • @WhiteEyeTree You need to escape the spaces: VIDFOLDER=temp/path\ with\ spaces/ and then you can ls -l "$VIDFOLDER" Commented Sep 13, 2019 at 14:10
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    or vidls () { ls "$@" "$VIDFOLDER" ; } :-) (I didn't use command here because people often have ls aliased to suit their output preferences. The "$@" in the function allows adding more ls options to those prefs.) Commented Sep 13, 2019 at 14:17