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
- treat 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
- -Z, --context
- set SELinux security context of destination file to default type
- --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
AUTHOR¶
Written by Mike Parker, David MacKenzie, and Jim Meyering.
REPORTING BUGS¶
GNU coreutils online help: <
http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
Report mv translation bugs to <
http://translationproject.org/team/>
COPYRIGHT¶
Copyright © 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL
version 3 or later <
http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO
WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
SEE ALSO¶
rename(2)
Full documentation at: <
http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/mv>
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) mv invocation'