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35.\" @(#)mv.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 5/31/93
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36.\" $Id: mv.1,v 1.3 1995/08/15 19:44:39 joerg Exp $
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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
45.Nm mv
46.Op Fl f | Fl i
47.Ar source target
48.Nm mv
49.Op Fl f | Fl i
50.Ar source ... source directory
51.Sh DESCRIPTION
52.Pp
53In its first form, the
54.Nm mv
55utility renames the file named by the
56.Ar source
57operand to the destination path named by the
58.Ar target
59operand.
60This form is assumed when the last operand does not name an already
61existing directory.
62.Pp
63In its second form,
64.Nm mv
65moves each file named by a
66.Ar source
67operand to a destination file in the existing directory named by the
68.Ar directory
69operand.
70The destination path for each operand is the pathname produced by the
71concatenation of the last operand, a slash, and the final pathname
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
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80.Fl i
81option is ignored if the
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80.Fl f
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83option is specified.)
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81option overrides any previous
82.Fl i
83options.) |
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.
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89If the response from the standard input begins with the character ``y'',
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89If the response from the standard input begins with the character
90.Sq Li y
91or
92.Sq Li Y , |
93the move is attempted.
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94(The
95.Fl i
96option overrides any previous
97.Fl f
98options.) |
99.El
100.Pp
101It is an error for either the
102.Ar source
103operand or the destination path to specify a directory unless both do.
104.Pp
105If the destination path does not have a mode which permits writing,
106.Nm mv
107prompts the user for confirmation as specified for the
108.Fl i
109option.
110.Pp
111As the
112.Xr rename 2
113call does not work across file systems,
114.Nm mv
115uses
116.Xr cp 1
117and
118.Xr rm 1
119to accomplish the move.
120The effect is equivalent to:
121.Bd -literal -offset indent
122rm -f destination_path && \e
123\tcp -pRP source_file destination && \e
124\trm -rf source_file
125.Ed
126.Pp
127The
128.Nm mv
129utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
130.Sh SEE ALSO
131.Xr cp 1 ,
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| 132.Xr rm 1 , |
133.Xr symlink 7
134.Sh STANDARDS
135The
136.Nm mv
137utility is expected to be
138.St -p1003.2
139compatible.
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