<tt>mv</tt>: Move


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mv: Move

In UNIX, mv means move, or rename.

mv [-i] directory1 directory2
where directory1 and directory2 are directories.

This command will simply rename directory1 to directory2. If directory2 exists, the files of directory1 will be moved into directory2.

-i
will prompt the user for confirmation if a file is to be overwritten.


Super-User
Fri Feb 17 15:55:40 EST 1995