User Commands                                               MV(1)



NAME
     mv - move (rename) files

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

DESCRIPTION
     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

     --strip-trailing-slashes
          remove any trailing slashes from each SOURCE argument

     -S, --suffix=SUFIX
          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 desti-
          nation file or when the destination file is missing

     -v, --verbose
          explain what is being done

     --help
          display this help and exit

     --version
          output version information and exit

     The backup suffix  is  `~',  unless  set  with  --suffix  or
     SIMPLEBACKUPSUFIX.   The  version  control  method may be



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     selected  via   the   --backup   option   or   through   the
     VERSIONCONTROL 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
     Written by Mike Parker, David MacKenzie, and Jim Meyering.

REPORTING BUGS
     Report bugs to .

COPYRIGHT
     Copyright O 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
     This is free software.  You may redistribute  copies  of  it
     under   the   terms   of  the  GNU  General  Public  License
     .  There  is  NO  WAR-
     RANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO
     rename(2)

     The full documentation for mv is  maintained  as  a  Texinfo
     manual.   If the info and mv programs are properly installed
     at your site, the command

          info mv

     should give you access to the complete manual.

ATRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:













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       ATRIBUTE TYPE      ATRIBUTE VALUE  
    
     Availability         SUNWgnu-coreutils 
    
     Interface Stability  Uncommitted       
    

NOTES
     Source    for    GNU    coreutils    is     available     on
     http:/opensolaris.org.












































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