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# mv - Unix, Linux Command

# NAME

mv - move (rename) files

# 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.

Tag | Description
--- | ---
--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

mv is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and mv programs are properly installed at your site, the command

Tag | Description
--- | ---
| info mv

should give you access to the complete manual.

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