1.\"-
2.\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1990, 1993
3.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
4.\"
5.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by
6.\" the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.
7.\"
8.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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25.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
26.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
27.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
28.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
29.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
30.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
31.\"
32.\" @(#)mv.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 5/31/93
33.\" $FreeBSD: head/bin/mv/mv.1 173248 2007-11-01 09:49:45Z ru $
34.\"
35.Dd May 12, 2007
36.Dt MV 1
37.Os
38.Sh NAME
39.Nm mv
40.Nd move files
41.Sh SYNOPSIS
42.Nm
43.Op Fl f | i | n
44.Op Fl v
45.Ar source target
46.Nm
47.Op Fl f | i | n
48.Op Fl v
49.Ar source ... directory
50.Sh DESCRIPTION
51In its first form, the
52.Nm
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76path.
77(The
78.Fl f
79option overrides any previous
80.Fl i
81or
82.Fl n
83options.)
84.It Fl i
85Cause
86.Nm
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
90.Ql y
91or
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137rm -f destination_path && \e
138cp -pRP source_file destination && \e
139rm -rf source_file
140.Ed
141.Sh EXIT STATUS
142.Ex -std
143.Sh COMPATIBILITY
144The
145.Fl n
146and
147.Fl v
148options are non-standard and their use in scripts is not recommended.
149.Sh SEE ALSO
150.Xr cp 1 ,
151.Xr rm 1 ,
152.Xr symlink 7
153.Sh STANDARDS
154The
155.Nm
156utility is expected to be
157.St -p1003.2
158compatible.
159.Sh HISTORY
160A
161.Nm
162command appeared in
163.At v1 .
2.\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1990, 1993
3.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
4.\"
5.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by
6.\" the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.
7.\"
8.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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25.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
26.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
27.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
28.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
29.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
30.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
31.\"
32.\" @(#)mv.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 5/31/93
33.\" $FreeBSD: head/bin/mv/mv.1 173248 2007-11-01 09:49:45Z ru $
34.\"
35.Dd May 12, 2007
36.Dt MV 1
37.Os
38.Sh NAME
39.Nm mv
40.Nd move files
41.Sh SYNOPSIS
42.Nm
43.Op Fl f | i | n
44.Op Fl v
45.Ar source target
46.Nm
47.Op Fl f | i | n
48.Op Fl v
49.Ar source ... directory
50.Sh DESCRIPTION
51In its first form, the
52.Nm
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76path.
77(The
78.Fl f
79option overrides any previous
80.Fl i
81or
82.Fl n
83options.)
84.It Fl i
85Cause
86.Nm
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
90.Ql y
91or
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137rm -f destination_path && \e
138cp -pRP source_file destination && \e
139rm -rf source_file
140.Ed
141.Sh EXIT STATUS
142.Ex -std
143.Sh COMPATIBILITY
144The
145.Fl n
146and
147.Fl v
148options are non-standard and their use in scripts is not recommended.
149.Sh SEE ALSO
150.Xr cp 1 ,
151.Xr rm 1 ,
152.Xr symlink 7
153.Sh STANDARDS
154The
155.Nm
156utility is expected to be
157.St -p1003.2
158compatible.
159.Sh HISTORY
160A
161.Nm
162command appeared in
163.At v1 .