Name
mv
Synopsis
mv [option
]sources target
Moves or renames files and directories. In the following table, the source (first column) and target (second column) determine the result (third column):
Source |
Target |
Result |
---|---|---|
File |
|
Rename file to |
File |
Existing file |
Overwrite existing file with source file. |
Directory |
|
Rename directory to |
Directory |
Existing directory |
Move directory to be a subdirectory of existing directory. |
One or more files |
Existing directory |
Move files to directory. |
mv
doesn’t preserve resource
forks or HFS metadata when moving files that contain them. For such
files, use MvMac
instead.
Options
-
-f
Force the move, even if target file exists; suppress messages about restricted access modes. Overrides previous
-i
and-n
options.-
-i
Query user before removing files. Overrides previous
-f
and-n
options.-
-n
Don’t overwrite existing target files. Overrides previous
-f
and-i
options.-
-v
Verbose; show files as they’re being moved.
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