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MV(1)                           User Commands                          MV(1)

NAME         top

       mv - move (rename) files

SYNOPSIS         top

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

DESCRIPTION         top

       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         top

       Written by Mike Parker, David MacKenzie, and Jim Meyering.

REPORTING BUGS         top

       GNU coreutils online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
       Report mv translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>

COPYRIGHT         top

       Copyright © 2017 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         top

       rename(2)
       Full documentation at: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/mv>
       or available locally via: info '(coreutils) mv invocation'

COLOPHON         top

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       manipulation utilities) project.  Information about the project can
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GNU coreutils 8.27               March 2017                            MV(1)

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