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35 | .\" from: @(#)mv.1 6.9 (Berkeley) 7/27/91 |
36 | .\" $Id: mv.1,v 1.5 1993/09/22 00:34:25 jtc Exp $ | |
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37 | .\" |
38 | .Dd July 27, 1991 | |
39 | .Dt MV 1 | |
40 | .Os | |
41 | .Sh NAME | |
42 | .Nm mv | |
43 | .Nd move files | |
44 | .Sh SYNOPSIS | |
45 | .Nm mv | |
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47 | .Ar source target |
48 | .Nm mv | |
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49 | .Op Fl fi |
50 | .Ar source ... target | |
15637ed4 | 51 | .Sh DESCRIPTION |
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52 | In its first form, the |
53 | .Nm mv | |
54 | utility renames the file named by the | |
55 | .Ar source | |
56 | operand to the destination path named by the | |
57 | .Ar target | |
58 | operand. | |
59 | This form is assumed when the last operand does not name an already | |
60 | existing directory. | |
61 | .Pp | |
62 | In its second form, | |
63 | .Nm mv | |
64 | moves each file named by a | |
65 | .Ar source | |
66 | operand to a destination file in the existing directory named by the | |
67 | .Ar directory | |
68 | operand. | |
69 | The destination path for each operand is the pathname produced by the | |
70 | concatenation of the last operand, a slash, and the final pathname | |
71 | component of the named file. | |
72 | .Pp | |
73 | The following options are available: | |
74 | .Bl -tag -width flag | |
75 | .It Fl f | |
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76 | Do not prompt for confirmation if the destination path exists. |
77 | Any previous occurances of the | |
15637ed4 | 78 | .Fl i |
e3f791dd | 79 | option will be ignored. |
15637ed4 | 80 | .It Fl i |
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81 | Prompt for confirmation if the destination path exists. |
82 | Any previous occurances of the | |
83 | .Fl f | |
84 | option will be ignored. | |
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85 | .El |
86 | .Pp | |
87 | It is an error for either the | |
88 | .Ar source | |
89 | operand or the destination path to specify a directory unless both do. | |
90 | .Pp | |
91 | If the destination path does not have a mode which permits writing, | |
92 | .Nm mv | |
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93 | prompts the user for confirmation. If the response from the |
94 | standard input begins with the character | |
95 | .Sq y , | |
96 | the move is attempted. | |
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97 | .Pp |
98 | As the | |
99 | .Xr rename 2 | |
100 | call does not work across file systems, | |
101 | .Nm mv | |
102 | uses | |
103 | .Xr cp 1 | |
104 | and | |
105 | .Xr rm 1 | |
106 | to accomplish the move. | |
107 | The effect is equivalent to: | |
108 | .Bd -literal -offset indent | |
109 | rm -f destination_path && \e | |
110 | \tcp -pr source_file destination && \e | |
111 | \trm -rf source_file | |
112 | .Ed | |
113 | .Pp | |
114 | The | |
115 | .Nm mv | |
116 | utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs. | |
117 | .Sh SEE ALSO | |
118 | .Xr cp 1 | |
119 | .Sh STANDARDS | |
120 | The | |
121 | .Nm mv | |
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122 | utility conforms to |
123 | .St -p1003.2-92 . |