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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. 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
- -_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}
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- 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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- The long-named options can be introduced with `+' as well as
- `--', for compatibility with previous releases. Eventually
- support for `+' will be removed, because it is incompatible
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