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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
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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       -f, --force
25              do not prompt before overwriting
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27       -i, --interactive
28              prompt before overwrite
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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
34              override the usual backup 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‐
55       PLE_BACKUP_SUFFIX.  The version control method may be selected via  the
56       --backup  option  or  through the VERSION_CONTROL environment variable.
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59       none, off
60              never make backups (even if --backup is given)
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62       numbered, t
63              make numbered backups
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65       existing, nil
66              numbered if numbered backups exist, simple otherwise
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68       simple, never
69              always make simple backups
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AUTHOR

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

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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SEE ALSO

85       rename(2)
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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‐
89       mand
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91              info mv
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93       should give you access to the complete manual.
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97GNU coreutils 6.9                 March 2008                             MV(1)
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