## NAME

mv - move (rename) files

## SYNOPSIS

mv [OPTION]... [-T] SOURCE DEST
mv [OPTION]... SOURCE... DIRECTORY
mv [OPTION]... -t DIRECTORY SOURCE...

## DESCRIPTION

Rename SOURCE to DEST, or move SOURCE(s) to DIRECTORY.

Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.

--backup[=CONTROL] make a backup of each existing destination file

-b like --backup but does not accept an argument

-f, --force do not prompt before overwriting

-i, --interactive prompt before overwrite

-n, --no-clobber do not overwrite an existing file

If you specify more than one of -i, -f, -n, only the final one takes effect.

--strip-trailing-slashes remove any trailing slashes from each SOURCE argument

-S, --suffix=SUFFIX override the usual backup suffix

-t, --target-directory=DIRECTORY move all SOURCE arguments into DIRECTORY

-T, --no-target-directory treat DEST as a normal file

-u, --update move only when the SOURCE file is newer than the destination file or when the destination file is missing

-v, --verbose explain what is being done

-Z, --context set SELinux security context of destination file to default type

--help display this help and exit

--version output version information and exit

The backup suffix is '~', unless set with --suffix or SIMPLE_BACKUP_SUFFIX. The version control method may be selected via the --backup option or through the VERSION_CONTROL environment variable. Here are the values:

none, off never make backups (even if --backup is given)

numbered, t make numbered backups

existing, nil numbered if numbered backups exist, simple otherwise

simple, never always make simple backups

## AUTHOR

Written by Mike Parker, David MacKenzie, and Jim Meyering.

## REPORTING BUGS

GNU coreutils online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
Report mv translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

## SEE ALSO

rename(2)

Full documentation at: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/mv>
or available locally via: info (aq(coreutils) mv invocation(aq