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NAME
mv - rename files
SYNOPSIS
mv
[-bfiuv] [-S backup-suffix] [-V {numbered,existing,simple}]
[+backup] [+force] [+interactive] [+update] [+verbose]
[+suffix backup-suffix] [+version-control {numbered,existing,simple}]
source dest
mv
[-bfiuv] [-S backup-suffix] [-V {numbered,existing,simple}]
[+backup] [+force] [+interactive] [+update] [+verbose]
[+suffix backup-suffix] [+version-control {numbered,existing,simple}]
source... directory
DESCRIPTION
This manual page
documents the GNU version of
mv.
If the last argument names an existing directory,
mv
moves each other
given file into a file with the same name in that directory.
Otherwise, if only two files are given, it moves the first onto the
second. It is an error if the last argument is not a directory and
more than two files are given. It can move only regular files across
filesystems.
OPTIONS
- -b, +backup
-
Make backups of files that are about to be removed.
- -f, +force
-
Remove existing destination files (override the
-i
option).
- -i, +interactive
-
Prompt whether to overwrite existing destination files.
- -u, +update
-
Do not move a nondirectory that has an existing destination with the
same or newer modification time.
- -v, +verbose
-
Print the name of each file before moving it.
- -S, +suffix backup-suffix
-
The suffix used for making simple backup files can be set with the
SIMPLE_BACKUP_SUFFIX
environment variable, which can be overridden by this option. If
neither of those is given, the default is `~', as it is in Emacs.
- -V, +version-control {numbered,existing,simple}
-
The type of backups made can be set with the
VERSION_CONTROL
environment variable, which can be overridden by this option. If
VERSION_CONTROL
is not set and this option is not given, the default backup type is
`existing'. The value of the
VERSION_CONTROL
environment variable and the argument to this option is like GNU
Emacs' `version-control' variable; it also accepts synonyms that are
more descriptive. The valid values are (unique abbreviations are
accepted):
-
- `t' or `numbered'
-
Always make numbered backups.
- `nil' or `existing'
-
Make numbered backups of files that already
have them, simple backups of the others.
- `never' or `simple'
-
Always make simple backups.
Index
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- SYNOPSIS
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- DESCRIPTION
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- OPTIONS
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