man mv - Man page for mv
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Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: March 2007
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NAME
SYNOPSIS
mv
[OPTION]… [–T] SOURCE DEST
mv
[OPTION]… SOURCE… DIRECTORY
mv
[OPTION]… –t DIRECTORY SOURCE…
DESCRIPTION
Rename SOURCE to DEST, or move SOURCE(s) to DIRECTORY.
Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
- ––backup[=CONTROL]
make a backup of each existing destination file
- –b
like ––backup but does not accept an argument
- –f, ––force
do not prompt before overwriting
- –i, ––interactive
prompt before overwrite
- ––strip–trailing–slashes remove any trailing slashes from each SOURCE
argument
- –S, ––suffix=SUFFIX
override the usual backup suffix
- –t, ––target–directory=DIRECTORY
move all SOURCE arguments into DIRECTORY
- –T, ––no–target–directory
treat DEST as a normal file
- –u, ––update
move only when the SOURCE file is newer
than the destination file or when the
destination file is missing
- –v, ––verbose
explain what is being done
- ––help
display this help and exit
- ––version
output version information and exit
The backup suffix is `~’, unless set with ––suffix or SIMPLE_BACKUP_SUFFIX.
The version control method may be selected via the ––backup option or through
the VERSION_CONTROL environment variable. Here are the values:
- none, off
never make backups (even if ––backup is given)
- numbered, t
make numbered backups
- existing, nil
numbered if numbered backups exist, simple otherwise
- simple, never
always make simple backups
AUTHOR
Written by Mike Parker, David MacKenzie, and Jim Meyering.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <bug–coreutils@gnu.org>.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of
the GNU General Public License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
SEE ALSO
The full documentation for
mv
is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the
info
and
mv
programs are properly installed at your site, the command
info mv
should give you access to the complete manual.