mv Command

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

       -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.

      --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               treats DEST as a normal file

       -u, --update                                  move  only  when  the  SOURCE file is newer than the destination        file or when the destination file is missing

       -v, --verbose                                 explain what is being done

       --help                                            display this help and exit

       --version                                                   output version information and exit

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