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NAME top

        mv - move (rename) files
        

SYNOPSIS top

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

DESCRIPTION top

        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
     
        -n, --no-clobber
            do not overwrite an existing file
     
        If you specify more than one of -i, -f, -n, only the final one
        takes effect.
     
        --strip-trailing-slashes
            remove any trailing slashes from each SOURCE argument
     
        -S, --suffix=SUFFIX
            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
            destination file or when the destination file is missing
     
        -v, --verbose
            explain what is being done
     
        -Z, --context
            set SELinux security context of destination file to
            default type
     
        --help 
            display this help and exit
     
        --version
            output version information and exit
     
        The backup suffix is '~', unless set with --suffix or
        SIMPLE_BACKUP_SUFFIX.  The version control method may be selected
        via the --backup option or through the VERSION_CONTROL
        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 top

        Written by Mike Parker, David MacKenzie, and Jim Meyering.
        

REPORTING BUGS top

                GNU coreutils online help:
                <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
                Report any translation bugs to
                <https://translationproject.org/team/>
        

COPYRIGHT top

                Copyright © 2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.  License GPLv3+:
                GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
                This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute
                it.  There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
        

SEE ALSO top

                rename(2)
                
                Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/mv>
                or available locally via: info '(coreutils) mv invocation'
        

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