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- NAME
- mv - rename files
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- SYNOPSIS
- mv [options] source dest
- mv [options] source... directory
- Options:
- [-bfiuv] [-S backup-suffix] [-V {numbered,existing,simple}]
- [+backup] [+force] [+interactive] [+update] [+verbose]
- [+suffix=backup-suffix] [+version-
- control={numbered,existing,simple}]
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- 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 argu-
- ment is not a directory and more than two files are given.
- It can move only regular files across filesystems.
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- If a destination file is unwritable, the standard input is a
- tty, and the -_✓f or +_✓f_✓o_✓r_✓c_✓e option is not given, mv prompts
- the user for whether to overwrite the file. If the response
- does not begin with `y' or `Y', the file is skipped.
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- OPTIONS
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- -_✓b, +_✓b_✓a_✓c_✓k_✓u_✓p
- Make backups of files that are about to be removed.
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- -_✓f, +_✓f_✓o_✓r_✓c_✓e
- Remove existing destination files and never prompt the
- user.
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- -_✓i, +_✓i_✓n_✓t_✓e_✓r_✓a_✓c_✓t_✓i_✓v_✓e
- Prompt whether to overwrite each destination file that
- already exists. If the response does not begin with
- `y' or `Y', the file is skipped.
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- -_✓u, +_✓u_✓p_✓d_✓a_✓t_✓e
- Do not move a nondirectory that has an existing desti-
- nation with the same or newer modification time.
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- -_✓v, +_✓v_✓e_✓r_✓b_✓o_✓s_✓e
- Print the name of each file before moving it.
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- -_✓S, +_✓s_✓u_✓f_✓f_✓i_✓x _✓b_✓a_✓c_✓k_✓u_✓p-_✓s_✓u_✓f_✓f_✓i_✓x
- 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.
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- -_✓V, +_✓v_✓e_✓r_✓s_✓i_✓o_✓n-_✓c_✓o_✓n_✓t_✓r_✓o_✓l {_✓n_✓u_✓m_✓b_✓e_✓r_✓e_✓d,_✓e_✓x_✓i_✓s_✓t_✓i_✓n_✓g,_✓s_✓i_✓m_✓p_✓l_✓e}
- 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
- are like the GNU Emacs `version-control' variable; they
- also recognize synonyms that are more descriptive. The
- valid values are (unique abbreviations are accepted):
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- `t' or `numbered'
- Always make numbered backups.
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- `nil' or `existing'
- Make numbered backups of files that already have
- them, simple backups of the others.
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- `never' or `simple'
- Always make simple backups.
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