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- MV (1)
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- NAME
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- mv - move files
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- SYNOPSIS
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- mv [ f ] source target mv [ f ] source ... source
- DESCRIPTION
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- In its first form, the mv utility renames the file named by the
- source operand to the destination path named by the target
- operand. This form is assumed when the last operand does not
- name an already existing directory.
- In its second form, mv moves each file named by a source
- operand to a destination file in the existing directory named by
- the directory operand. The destination path for each operand is
- the pathname produced by the concatenation of the last operand, a
- slash, and the final pathname component of the named file.
- The following options are available:
- f - Do not prompt for confirmation before overwriting the
- destination path. (The option is ignored if the option is
- specified.)
- i - Causes mv to write a prompt to standard error before
- moving a file that would overwrite an existing file. If the
- response from the standard input begins with the character
- ``y'', the move is attempted.
- It is an error for either the source operand or the destination
- path to specify a directory unless both do.
- If the destination path does not have a mode which permits
- writing, mv prompts the user for confirmation as specified for
- the option.
- As the rename (2) call does not work across file systems, mv
- uses cp (1) and rm (1) to accomplish the move. The effect is
- equivalent to: rm -f destination_path && \ cp -pr source_file
- destination && \ rm -rf source_file
- The mv utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
- SEE ALSO
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- cp (1)
- STANDARDS
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- The mv utility is expected to be compatible.
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