Manpages - mv.1

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.

–backup[=/CONTROL/]: make a backup of each existing destination file
-b: like –backup but does not accept an argument
–debug: explain how a file is copied. Implies -v
–exchange: exchange source and destination
-f, –force: do not prompt before overwriting
-i, –interactive: prompt before overwrite
-n, –no-clobber: do not overwrite an existing file

If you specify more than one of -i, -f, -n, only the final one takes effect.

–no-copy: do not copy if renaming fails
–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
–update[=/UPDATE/]: control which existing files are updated; UPDATE={all,none,none-fail,older(default)}.
-u: equivalent to –update[=/older/]. See below
-v, –verbose: explain what is being done
-Z, –context: set SELinux security context of destination file to default type
–help: display this help and exit
–version: output version information and exit

UPDATE controls which existing files in the destination are replaced. 'all' is the default operation when an –update option is not specified, and results in all existing files in the destination being replaced. 'none' is like the –no-clobber option, in that no files in the destination are replaced, and skipped files do not induce a failure. 'none-fail' also ensures no files are replaced in the destination, but any skipped files are diagnosed and induce a failure. 'older' is the default operation when –update is specified, and results in files being replaced if they're older than the corresponding source file.

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.

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