1.\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1990, 1993
2.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
3.\"
4.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by
5.\" the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.
6.\"
7.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
8.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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28.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
29.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
30.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
31.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
32.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
33.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
34.\"
35.\" @(#)mv.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 5/31/93
36.\" $Id: mv.1,v 1.3 1995/08/15 19:44:39 joerg Exp $
37.\"
38.Dd May 31, 1993
39.Dt MV 1
40.Os
41.Sh NAME
42.Nm mv
43.Nd move files
44.Sh SYNOPSIS
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72component of the named file.
73.Pp
74The following options are available:
75.Bl -tag -width flag
76.It Fl f
77Do not prompt for confirmation before overwriting the destination
78path.
79(The
80.Fl i
81option is ignored if the
82.Fl f
83option is specified.)
84.It Fl i
85Causes
86.Nm mv
87to write a prompt to standard error before moving a file that would
88overwrite an existing file.
89If the response from the standard input begins with the character ``y'',
90the move is attempted.
91.El
92.Pp
93It is an error for either the
94.Ar source
95operand or the destination path to specify a directory unless both do.
96.Pp
97If the destination path does not have a mode which permits writing,
98.Nm mv
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116\trm -rf source_file
117.Ed
118.Pp
119The
120.Nm mv
121utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
122.Sh SEE ALSO
123.Xr cp 1 ,
124.Xr symlink 7
125.Sh STANDARDS
126The
127.Nm mv
128utility is expected to be
129.St -p1003.2
130compatible.
2.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
3.\"
4.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by
5.\" the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.
6.\"
7.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
8.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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28.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
29.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
30.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
31.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
32.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
33.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
34.\"
35.\" @(#)mv.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 5/31/93
36.\" $Id: mv.1,v 1.3 1995/08/15 19:44:39 joerg Exp $
37.\"
38.Dd May 31, 1993
39.Dt MV 1
40.Os
41.Sh NAME
42.Nm mv
43.Nd move files
44.Sh SYNOPSIS
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72component of the named file.
73.Pp
74The following options are available:
75.Bl -tag -width flag
76.It Fl f
77Do not prompt for confirmation before overwriting the destination
78path.
79(The
80.Fl i
81option is ignored if the
82.Fl f
83option is specified.)
84.It Fl i
85Causes
86.Nm mv
87to write a prompt to standard error before moving a file that would
88overwrite an existing file.
89If the response from the standard input begins with the character ``y'',
90the move is attempted.
91.El
92.Pp
93It is an error for either the
94.Ar source
95operand or the destination path to specify a directory unless both do.
96.Pp
97If the destination path does not have a mode which permits writing,
98.Nm mv
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116\trm -rf source_file
117.Ed
118.Pp
119The
120.Nm mv
121utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
122.Sh SEE ALSO
123.Xr cp 1 ,
124.Xr symlink 7
125.Sh STANDARDS
126The
127.Nm mv
128utility is expected to be
129.St -p1003.2
130compatible.