bin/44246: mv needs dir first option for xargs use

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>Number:         44246
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       mv needs dir first option for xargs use
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       high
>Responsible:    bin-bug-people
>State:          open
>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Dec 17 13:50:00 +0000 2010
>Originator:     Darren Reed
>Release:        5.0RC3
>Organization:
Oracle
>Environment:
>Description:
I've often wanted to use xargs with mv because there are too many files to do 
"mv * newdir". Thus what I want to do is this:

echo * | xargs mv newdir

But that doesn't work. So my proposal is for something like this:

echo * | xargs -x newdir

>How-To-Repeat:

>Fix: