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mv

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Move or rename files and directories.

Options (5)

-f, --forceboolean

Do not prompt for confirmation before overwriting existing files

Example: mv {{[-f|--force]}} {{path/to/source}} {{path/to/target}}

-i, --interactiveboolean

Prompt for confirmation interactively before overwriting existing files, regardless of file permissions

Example: mv {{[-i|--interactive]}} {{path/to/source}} {{path/to/target}}

-n, --no-clobberboolean

Do not overwrite existing files at the target

Example: mv {{[-n|--no-clobber]}} {{path/to/source}} {{path/to/target}}

-v, --verboseboolean

Move files in verbose mode, showing files after they are moved

Example: mv {{[-v|--verbose]}} {{path/to/source}} {{path/to/target}}

-t, --target-directoryboolean

Specify target directory so that you can use external tools to gather movable files

Example:

{{find /var/log -type f -name '*.log' -print0}} | {{xargs -0}} mv {{[-t|--target-directory]}} {{path/to/target_directory}}

Rename a file or directory when the target is not an existing directory

mv path/to/source path/to/target

Move a file or directory into an existing directory

mv path/to/source path/to/existing_directory

Move multiple files into an existing directory, keeping the filenames unchanged

mv path/to/source1 path/to/source2 ... path/to/existing_directory

Do not prompt for confirmation before overwriting existing files

mv [-f|--force] path/to/source path/to/target

Prompt for confirmation interactively before overwriting existing files, regardless of file permissions

mv [-i|--interactive] path/to/source path/to/target

Do not overwrite existing files at the target

mv [-n|--no-clobber] path/to/source path/to/target

Move files in verbose mode, showing files after they are moved

mv [-v|--verbose] path/to/source path/to/target

Specify target directory so that you can use external tools to gather movable files

find /var/log -type f -name '*.log' -print0 | xargs -0 mv [-t|--target-directory] path/to/target_directory