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NAME

6       mv - move (rename) files
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SYNOPSIS

9       mv [OPTION]... [-T] SOURCE DEST
10       mv [OPTION]... SOURCE... DIRECTORY
11       mv [OPTION]... -t DIRECTORY SOURCE...
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DESCRIPTION

14       Rename SOURCE to DEST, or move SOURCE(s) to DIRECTORY.
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16       Mandatory  arguments  to  long  options are mandatory for short options
17       too.
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19       --backup[=CONTROL]
20              make a backup of each existing destination file
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22       -b     like --backup but does not accept an argument
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24       --debug
25              explain how a file is copied.  Implies -v
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27       -f, --force
28              do not prompt before overwriting
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30       -i, --interactive
31              prompt before overwrite
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33       -n, --no-clobber
34              do not overwrite an existing file
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36       If you specify more than one of -i, -f, -n, only the  final  one  takes
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39       --no-copy
40              do not copy if renaming fails
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42       --strip-trailing-slashes
43              remove any trailing slashes from each SOURCE argument
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45       -S, --suffix=SUFFIX
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48       -t, --target-directory=DIRECTORY
49              move all SOURCE arguments into DIRECTORY
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51       -T, --no-target-directory
52              treat DEST as a normal file
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54       --update[=UPDATE]
55              control     which    existing    files    are    updated;    UP‐
56              DATE={all,none,older(default)}.  See below
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58       -u     equivalent to --update[=older]
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60       -v, --verbose
61              explain what is being done
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63       -Z, --context
64              set SELinux security context of destination file to default type
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66       --help display this help and exit
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68       --version
69              output version information and exit
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71       UPDATE controls which existing files in the destination  are  replaced.
72       'all'  is  the  default operation when an --update option is not speci‐
73       fied, and results in all existing files in the  destination  being  re‐
74       placed.  'none' is similar to the --no-clobber option, in that no files
75       in the destination are replaced, but also skipped files do not induce a
76       failure.   'older' is the default operation when --update is specified,
77       and results in files being replaced if they're older  than  the  corre‐
78       sponding source file.
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80       The   backup   suffix   is  '~',  unless  set  with  --suffix  or  SIM‐
81       PLE_BACKUP_SUFFIX.  The version control method may be selected via  the
82       --backup  option  or  through the VERSION_CONTROL environment variable.
83       Here are the values:
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85       none, off
86              never make backups (even if --backup is given)
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88       numbered, t
89              make numbered backups
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91       existing, nil
92              numbered if numbered backups exist, simple otherwise
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94       simple, never
95              always make simple backups
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AUTHOR

98       Written by Mike Parker, David MacKenzie, and Jim Meyering.
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REPORTING BUGS

101       GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
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105       Copyright © 2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc.   License  GPLv3+:  GNU
106       GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
107       This  is  free  software:  you  are free to change and redistribute it.
108       There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
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SEE ALSO

111       rename(2)
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113       Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/mv>
114       or available locally via: info '(coreutils) mv invocation'
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118GNU coreutils 9.3               September 2023                           MV(1)
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