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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 {num-
- bered,existing,simple}] [--backup] [--force] [--interac-
- tive] [--update] [--verbose] [--suffix=backup-suffix]
- [--version-control={numbered,existing,simple}] [--help]
- [--version]
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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 argument is not a directory and more than two files
- are given. It can move only regular files across filesys-
- tems.
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- If a destination file is unwritable, the standard input is
- a tty, and the -f or --force 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
- -b, --backup
- Make backups of files that are about to be removed.
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- -f, --force
- Remove existing destination files and never prompt
- the user.
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- -i, --interactive
- 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, --update
- Do not move a nondirectory that has an existing
- destination with the same or newer modification
- time.
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- -v, --verbose
- Print the name of each file before moving it.
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- --help Print a usage message and exit with a non-zero sta-
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- --version
- Print version information on standard error then
- exit.
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- -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.
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- -V, --version-control {numbered,existing,simple}
- The type of backups made can be set with the VER-
- SION_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 VER-
- SION_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
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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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