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mv(1)									 mv(1)

NAME
       mv - Moves files and directories

SYNOPSIS
       mv [-i  | -f] [--] file1 file2

       mv [-i  | -f] [--] file1... directory

       mv [-i  | -f] [--] directory1... destination_directory

       The  mv	command	 moves	files from one directory to another or renames
       files and directories.

STANDARDS
       Interfaces documented on this reference page conform to industry	 stan‐
       dards as follows:

       mv:  XCU5.0

       Refer  to  the  standards(5)  reference page for more information about
       industry standards and associated tags.

OPTIONS
       Overrides the -i option and any mode restrictions.  (If both -f and  -i
       are   specified--for   example,	 because  an  alias  includes  one  of
       them--whichever appears last overrides the other.)   Prompts  you  with
       the  name of the file followed by a question mark whenever a move is to
       supersede an existing file.  If	the  answer  begins  with  y,  or  the
       locale's	 equivalent  of a y, the move continues.  Any other reply pre‐
       vents the move from occurring. (If both -f and  -i  are	specified--for
       example,	 because an alias includes one of them--whichever appears last
       overrides the other.)  Interprets all following arguments to mv as file
       names.  This allows file names to start with a - (dash).

DESCRIPTION
       If  you	move  a	 file to a new directory, mv retains the original file
       name.  When you move a file, all other links to the file remain intact.

       In the second form, one or more files are moved to directory with their
       original	 file  names.	In the third form, one or more directories are
       moved to the destination directory with their original names.

       The mv command does not move a file onto itself.

       When you use mv to rename a file, the target file can be either	a  new
       file name or a new directory path name.	If moving the file would over‐
       write an existing file that does not have write permission set  and  if
       standard	 input	is  a terminal, mv displays the permission code of the
       file to be overwritten and reads one line from standard input.  If  the
       line  begins  with y, or the locale's equivalent of a y, the move takes
       place and the file is overwritten.  If not, mv does  nothing  with  the
       file.

       When  you  use  mv  to move a directory into an existing directory, the
       directory and its contents are added under the existing directory.

       The LC_MESSAGES variable determines the locale's equivalent of y	 or  n
       (for yes/no queries).

       If  a  mv  operation fails, mv generally writes a diagnostic message to
       standard error, does nothing more with the  current  source  file,  and
       goes on to process any remaining source files.

       If the copying or removal of a file is prematurely terminated by a sig‐
       nal or error, mv might leave a partial copy of the file at  either  the
       source  or  the	target	path  name. The mv program does not modify the
       source and target path names simultaneously; therefore, program	termi‐
       nation  at any point always leaves either the source file or the target
       file complete.

NOTES
       [Tru64 UNIX]  If the source is on a different file system than the des‐
       tination,  mv must copy the source to the destination's file system and
       then delete the source. The effect is equivalent to the	following:  rm
       -f  destination	&&  cp	-pr source destination && rm -rf source The mv
       command might overwrite existing files. Specify the -i option  last  on
       the  command line to cause the mv command to prompt you before it moves
       a file.

EXIT STATUS
       The following exit values are returned: All files were  moved  success‐
       fully.  An error occurred.

EXAMPLES
       To rename a file, enter: mv file1 file2

	      This  renames  file1  to	file2.	 If a file named file2 already
	      exists, its old contents are replaced with those of  file1.   To
	      move a directory, enter: mv dir1 dir2

	      This moves dir1 to dir2.	It moves dir1 and all files and direc‐
	      tories under dir1 to the directory named	dir2,  if  the	second
	      directory	 exists.   Otherwise,  the directory dir1 gets renamed
	      dir2.  To move a file to another directory and  give  it	a  new
	      name, enter: mv file1 dir1/file2

	      This  moves file1 to dir1/file2.	The name file1 is removed from
	      the current directory, and the same file appears as file2 in the
	      directory	 dir1.	 To  move a file to another directory, keeping
	      the same name, enter: mv file1 dir1

	      This moves file1 to dir1/file1.	To  move  several  files  into
	      another directory, enter: mv file1 dir1/file2 /u/dir2

	      This   moves   file1   to	  /u/dir2/file1	  and	dir1/file2  to
	      /u/dir2/file2.  To  use  mv  with	 pattern-matching  characters,
	      enter: mv	 dir1/* .

	      This  moves  all	files  in  the directory dir1 into the current
	      directory (.), giving them the same names they had in dir1. This
	      also  empties dir1.  Note that you must type a space between the
	      * (asterisk) and the (dot).

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
       The following environment variables affect the execution	 of  mv:  Pro‐
       vides  a	 default value for the internationalization variables that are
       unset or null. If LANG is unset or null, the corresponding  value  from
       the  default  locale is used.  If any of the internationalization vari‐
       ables contain an invalid setting, the utility behaves as if none of the
       variables  had been defined.  If set to a non-empty string value, over‐
       rides the values	 of  all  the  other  internationalization  variables.
       Determines  the	locale for the interpretation of sequences of bytes of
       text data as characters (for example, single-byte as opposed to	multi‐
       byte  characters	 in  arguments).  Determines the locale for the format
       and contents of diagnostic messages written to standard error.	Deter‐
       mines  the location of message catalogues for the processing of LC_MES‐
       SAGES.

SEE ALSO
       Commands:  cp(1), ln(1), rm(1)

       Functions:  rename(2)

       Standards:  standards(5)

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