Mv
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Name
mv - move (rename) files
Synopsis - man page
mv [OPTION]... [-T] SOURCE DEST mv [OPTION]... SOURCE... DIRECTORY mv [OPTION]... -t DIRECTORY SOURCE...
Frequently used options
-f, --force
do not prompt before overwriting
-i, --interactive
prompt before overwrite
Examples
Move whole directory:
mv dir2/ dir1/
move content of dir2 to dir1:
mv dir2/* dir1/
Use -i option if you re not sure that the target directory does not contain same files or directories. If it does mv we override current files.:
mv -i file1 dir1/
mv command can be also used to rename files and directories:
mv file1 file2
