Web Design in a Nutshell

Name

mv

Synopsis

                        mv [source] [target]

This basic command moves files and directories around on the system or renames them. Table 4.1 shows the results of various mv operations.

Table 4-1. Results of Various mv Operations

Source	Target	Result
File	name	Rename file as name
File	Existing file	Overwrite existing file with the source file
Directory	name	Rename directory as name
Directory	Existing directory	Move directory to be a subdirectory of the existing directory
One or more files	Existing directory	Move files to directory

Example

Rename a file:

% mv art.html artists.html

Move a file from one directory to another:

% mv art.html ../richard/work