Delivered by FeedBurner ISSN 1836-5930

Poll

Which of following tutorials would you like to see on the Linuxconfig.org?

IP Addressing and Subnetting

SendMail server configuration

Introduction to the Python programming

Configuration of the SAMBA server

Howto deploy a custom iptables firewall

Working with emacs text editor

Configuring APACHE web server

KDE programming and application development

HowTo create a Debian package

Article Index
1. Name
2. Synopsis
3. Frequently used options
4. Examples

1. Name

mv [man page] - move (rename) files

2. Synopsis

mv [OPTION]... [-T] SOURCE DEST
mv [OPTION]... SOURCE... DIRECTORY
mv [OPTION]... -t DIRECTORY SOURCE...

3. Frequently used options

-f, --force
              do not prompt before overwriting
-i, --interactive
              prompt before overwrite

4. 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 will override current files by default.:

mv -i file1 dir1/

mv command can be also used to rename files and directories:

mv file1 file2

Visitors Online

Poll

Partner Linux Sites

1. Name

2. Synopsis

3. Frequently used options

4. Examples

Popular Articles