my files: root/home/bumpy/home/bumpy need revision

[Bumpalot]

That worked perfectly - Thanks for you quick help!

[kubicle]

Oh sorry, I forget mv doesn't work with -R, try

mv /home/bumpy/home/bumpy/* /home/bumpy

That is a potential dotglob trap.

By default, in bash, the "*" does not match (glob) files/directories that start with "." (hidden files and directories), unless the dotglob shell option is set. I'd run (to be sure):
shopt -s dotglob; mv /home/bumpy/home/bumpy/* /home/bumpy/

You can of course avoid globbing (*) altogether and copy directories:
mv /home/bumpy/home/bumpy /home/

[oshunluvr]

Oh sorry, I forget mv doesn't work with -R, try

mv /home/bumpy/home/bumpy/* /home/bumpy

[Bumpalot]

Re mv -R /home/bumpy/home/bumpy/* /home/bumpy
Termina; bumpy@peterputer:~$ mv -R /home/bumpy/home/bumpy/* /home/bumpy
mv: invalid option -- 'R'
Try 'mv --help' for more information.
bumpy@peterputer:~$
Can't figure what to pick - please advise

[oshunluvr]

By "root" I assume you mean "/"

mv -R /home/bumpy/home/bumpy/* /home/bumpy

should do it

[Bumpalot]

Unfortunately I Ark recovered my backup files to the wrong directory.
Current: root/home/bumpy/home/bumpy
Can't figure out how to move them to root/home/bumpy.
Suggestions would be appreciated!