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.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE! It was generated by help2man 1.35.
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.TH MV "1" "October 2012" "GNU coreutils 8.20" "User Commands"
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mv \- move (rename) files
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[\fIOPTION\fR]... [\fI-T\fR] \fISOURCE DEST\fR
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[\fIOPTION\fR]... \fISOURCE\fR... \fIDIRECTORY\fR
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[\fIOPTION\fR]... \fI-t DIRECTORY SOURCE\fR...
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.\" Add any additional description here
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Rename SOURCE to DEST, or move SOURCE(s) to DIRECTORY.
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Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
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\fB\-\-backup\fR[=\fICONTROL\fR]
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make a backup of each existing destination file
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like \fB\-\-backup\fR but does not accept an argument
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\fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-force\fR
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do not prompt before overwriting
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\fB\-i\fR, \fB\-\-interactive\fR
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prompt before overwrite
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\fB\-n\fR, \fB\-\-no\-clobber\fR
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do not overwrite an existing file
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If you specify more than one of \fB\-i\fR, \fB\-f\fR, \fB\-n\fR, only the final one takes effect.
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\fB\-\-strip\-trailing\-slashes\fR
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remove any trailing slashes from each SOURCE
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\fB\-S\fR, \fB\-\-suffix\fR=\fISUFFIX\fR
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override the usual backup suffix
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\fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-target\-directory\fR=\fIDIRECTORY\fR
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move all SOURCE arguments into DIRECTORY
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\fB\-T\fR, \fB\-\-no\-target\-directory\fR
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treat DEST as a normal file
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\fB\-u\fR, \fB\-\-update\fR
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move only when the SOURCE file is newer
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than the destination file or when the
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destination file is missing
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\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-verbose\fR
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explain what is being done
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display this help and exit
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output version information and exit
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The backup suffix is '~', unless set with \fB\-\-suffix\fR or SIMPLE_BACKUP_SUFFIX.
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The version control method may be selected via the \fB\-\-backup\fR option or through
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the VERSION_CONTROL environment variable. Here are the values:
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never make backups (even if \fB\-\-backup\fR is given)
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numbered if numbered backups exist, simple otherwise
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always make simple backups
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Written by Mike Parker, David MacKenzie, and Jim Meyering.
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Report mv bugs to bug\-coreutils@gnu.org
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GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
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General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
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Report mv translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>
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Copyright \(co 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
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This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
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There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
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The full documentation for
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is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the
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programs are properly installed at your site, the command
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.B info coreutils \(aqmv invocation\(aq
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should give you access to the complete manual.
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