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Mv
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- The correct title of this article is mv. The initial letter is shown capitalized due to technical restrictions.
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mv (short for move) is a Unix command that moves a file or directory from one place to another. The original file is deleted, and the new file may have the same or a different name. If possible (i.e. when the original and new files are on the same file system), mv will rename the file instead.
mv myfile mynewfilename renames a file (assuming "mynewfilename" is not a directory) mv myfile /myfile moves 'myfile' from the current directory to the root directory mv myfile dir/myfile moves 'myfile' to 'dir/myfile' relative to the current directory mv myfile dir/ same as the previous command (the filename is implied to be the same) mv myfile dir/myfile2 moves 'myfile' to dir/ and renames it to 'myfile2' mv foo bar baz dir/ moves multiple files to directory dir/ mv --help shows a very concise help about the syntax of the command man mv prints an extensive user manual for 'mv' in the terminal
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