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  35. .Dd August 28, 2012
  36. .Dt MV 1
  37. .Os
  38. .Sh NAME
  39. .Nm mv
  40. .Nd move files
  41. .Sh SYNOPSIS
  42. .Nm
  43. .Op Fl f | i | n
  44. .Op Fl hv
  45. .Ar source target
  46. .Nm
  47. .Op Fl f | i | n
  48. .Op Fl v
  49. .Ar source ... directory
  50. .Sh DESCRIPTION
  51. In its first form, the
  52. .Nm
  53. utility renames the file named by the
  54. .Ar source
  55. operand to the destination path named by the
  56. .Ar target
  57. operand.
  58. This form is assumed when the last operand does not name an already
  59. existing directory.
  60. .Pp
  61. In its second form,
  62. .Nm
  63. moves each file named by a
  64. .Ar source
  65. operand to a destination file in the existing directory named by the
  66. .Ar directory
  67. operand.
  68. The destination path for each operand is the pathname produced by the
  69. concatenation of the last operand, a slash, and the final pathname
  70. component of the named file.
  71. .Pp
  72. The following options are available:
  73. .Bl -tag -width indent
  74. .It Fl f
  75. Do not prompt for confirmation before overwriting the destination
  76. path.
  77. (The
  78. .Fl f
  79. option overrides any previous
  80. .Fl i
  81. or
  82. .Fl n
  83. options.)
  84. .It Fl h
  85. If the
  86. .Ar target
  87. operand is a symbolic link to a directory,
  88. do not follow it.
  89. This causes the
  90. .Nm
  91. utility to rename the file
  92. .Ar source
  93. to the destination path
  94. .Ar target
  95. rather than moving
  96. .Ar source
  97. into the directory referenced by
  98. .Ar target .
  99. .It Fl i
  100. Cause
  101. .Nm
  102. to write a prompt to standard error before moving a file that would
  103. overwrite an existing file.
  104. If the response from the standard input begins with the character
  105. .Ql y
  106. or
  107. .Ql Y ,
  108. the move is attempted.
  109. (The
  110. .Fl i
  111. option overrides any previous
  112. .Fl f
  113. or
  114. .Fl n
  115. options.)
  116. .It Fl n
  117. Do not overwrite an existing file.
  118. (The
  119. .Fl n
  120. option overrides any previous
  121. .Fl f
  122. or
  123. .Fl i
  124. options.)
  125. .It Fl v
  126. Cause
  127. .Nm
  128. to be verbose, showing files after they are moved.
  129. .El
  130. .Pp
  131. It is an error for the
  132. .Ar source
  133. operand to specify a directory if the target exists and is not a directory.
  134. .Pp
  135. If the destination path does not have a mode which permits writing,
  136. .Nm
  137. prompts the user for confirmation as specified for the
  138. .Fl i
  139. option.
  140. .Pp
  141. As the
  142. .Xr rename 2
  143. call does not work across file systems,
  144. .Nm
  145. uses
  146. .Xr cp 1
  147. and
  148. .Xr rm 1
  149. to accomplish the move.
  150. The effect is equivalent to:
  151. .Bd -literal -offset indent
  152. rm -f destination_path && \e
  153. cp -pRP source_file destination && \e
  154. rm -rf source_file
  155. .Ed
  156. .Sh EXIT STATUS
  157. .Ex -std
  158. .Sh COMPATIBILITY
  159. The
  160. .Fl h ,
  161. .Fl n ,
  162. and
  163. .Fl v
  164. options are non-standard and their use in scripts is not recommended.
  165. .Sh SEE ALSO
  166. .Xr cp 1 ,
  167. .Xr rm 1 ,
  168. .Xr symlink 7
  169. .Sh STANDARDS
  170. The
  171. .Nm
  172. utility is expected to be
  173. .St -p1003.2
  174. compatible.
  175. .Sh HISTORY
  176. A
  177. .Nm
  178. command appeared in
  179. .At v1 .