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6 mv - move (rename) files
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9 mv [OPTION]... [-T] SOURCE DEST
10 mv [OPTION]... SOURCE... DIRECTORY
11 mv [OPTION]... -t DIRECTORY SOURCE...
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14 Rename SOURCE to DEST, or move SOURCE(s) to DIRECTORY.
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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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25 do not prompt before overwriting
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27 -i, --interactive
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30 --strip-trailing-slashes
31 remove any trailing slashes from each SOURCE argument
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33 -S, --suffix=SUFFIX
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36 -t, --target-directory=DIRECTORY
37 move all SOURCE arguments into DIRECTORY
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39 -T, --no-target-directory
40 treat DEST as a normal file
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42 -u, --update
43 move only when the SOURCE file is newer than the destination
44 file or when the destination file is missing
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46 -v, --verbose
47 explain what is being done
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49 --help display this help and exit
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51 --version
52 output version information and exit
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54 The backup suffix is `~', unless set with --suffix or SIM‐
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60 never make backups (even if --backup is given)
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62 numbered, t
63 make numbered backups
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66 numbered if numbered backups exist, simple otherwise
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72 Written by Mike Parker, David MacKenzie, and Jim Meyering.
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75 Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.
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78 Copyright © 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
79 This is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the
80 terms of the GNU General Public License
81 <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. There is NO WARRANTY, to the
82 extent permitted by law.
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87 The full documentation for mv is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If
88 the info and mv programs are properly installed at your site, the com‐
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97GNU coreutils 6.9 March 2008 MV(1)