.TH E2MV 1 "2020\-02\-05" "Linux" "User commands"
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.SH NAME
e2mv \- moves or renames files on an ext2fs filesystem
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.SH SYNOPSIS
.B e2mv
.RI [ options ] " files... dest"
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.SH DESCRIPTION
The \fBe2mv\fP command moves or renames files on an ext2fs filesystem. The
source files must be explicitly stated. It does not use regular expressions,
yet.
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.SH OPTIONS
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.B \-f
Force the operation to remove any existing files.
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.B \-s
Swap names of the two files.
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.B \-v
Be verbose.
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.SH EXAMPLES
.PP
Rename a file:

    e2cp \-v /tmp/boot.img:/boot/grub/grub.conf /boot/grub/grub.conf.old
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.PP
If `/boot/grub/grub.conf.old` already exists and is not a directory, this
will fail.  Use `\-f` to force removal.
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Move a file to a different directory (`/data/processed`):

    e2cp \-v /dev/hdb1:/data/input0.txt /data/processed
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.PP
To swap the names of two files:

    e2cp \-vs /tmp/boot.img:/boot/grub/grub.conf /boot/grub/grub.conf.bk
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.PP
To swap two files and use a new name for the first one:

    e2cp \-vs boot.img:/boot/grub/grub.conf /boot/grub/grub.c2 /boot/grub/grub.c1

    `/boot/grub/grub.conf` is now `/boot/grub/grub.c1` and
    `/boot/grub/grub.c2`   is now `/boot/grub/grub.conf`
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.SH SEE ALSO
.BR e2tools (7),
.BR e2ln (1),
.BR e2ls (1),
.BR e2mkdir (1),
.BR e2cp (1),
.BR e2rm (1),
.BR e2tail (1).
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.SH AUTHOR
The \fBe2tools\fP were written by Keith Sheffield <sheff@pobox.com>.
.PP
This manual page was written by Lucas Wall <lwall@debian.org>,
for the Debian project (but may be used by others).