1.\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1990, 1993 2.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. 3.\" 4.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by 5.\" the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. 6.\" 7.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 8.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 9.\" are met: 10.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 11.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 12.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 13.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 14.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 15.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software 16.\" must display the following acknowledgement: 17.\" This product includes software developed by the University of 18.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. 19.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors 20.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software 21.\" without specific prior written permission. 22.\" 23.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND 24.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 25.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 26.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 27.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 28.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 29.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 30.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 31.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 32.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 33.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 34.\" 35.\" @(#)mv.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 5/31/93 36.\" $FreeBSD$ 37.\" 38.Dd May 31, 1993 39.Dt MV 1 40.Os 41.Sh NAME 42.Nm mv 43.Nd move files 44.Sh SYNOPSIS 45.Nm 46.Op Fl f | Fl i | Fl n 47.Op Fl v 48.Ar source target 49.Nm 50.Op Fl f | Fl i 51.Op Fl v 52.Ar source ... directory 53.Sh DESCRIPTION 54In its first form, the 55.Nm 56utility renames the file named by the 57.Ar source 58operand to the destination path named by the 59.Ar target 60operand. 61This form is assumed when the last operand does not name an already 62existing directory. 63.Pp 64In its second form, 65.Nm 66moves each file named by a 67.Ar source 68operand to a destination file in the existing directory named by the 69.Ar directory 70operand. 71The destination path for each operand is the pathname produced by the 72concatenation of the last operand, a slash, and the final pathname 73component of the named file. 74.Pp 75The following options are available: 76.Bl -tag -width flag 77.It Fl f 78Do not prompt for confirmation before overwriting the destination 79path. 80(The 81.Fl f 82option overrides any previous 83.Fl i 84or 85.Fl n 86options.) 87.It Fl i 88Cause 89.Nm 90to write a prompt to standard error before moving a file that would 91overwrite an existing file. 92If the response from the standard input begins with the character 93.Sq Li y 94or 95.Sq Li Y , 96the move is attempted. 97(The 98.Fl i 99option overrides any previous 100.Fl f 101or 102.Fl n 103options.) 104.It Fl n 105Do not overwriting an existing file. 106(The 107.Fl n 108option overrides any previous 109.Fl f 110or 111.Fl i 112options.) 113.It Fl v 114Cause 115.Nm 116to be verbose, showing files after they are moved. 117.El 118.Pp 119It is an error for either the 120.Ar source 121operand or the destination path to specify a directory unless both do. 122.Pp 123If the destination path does not have a mode which permits writing, 124.Nm 125prompts the user for confirmation as specified for the 126.Fl i 127option. 128.Pp 129As the 130.Xr rename 2 131call does not work across file systems, 132.Nm 133uses 134.Xr cp 1 135and 136.Xr rm 1 137to accomplish the move. 138The effect is equivalent to: 139.Bd -literal -offset indent 140rm -f destination_path && \e 141\tcp -pRP source_file destination && \e 142\trm -rf source_file 143.Ed 144.Sh DIAGNOSTICS 145.Ex -std 146.Sh SEE ALSO 147.Xr cp 1 , 148.Xr rm 1 , 149.Xr symlink 7 150.Sh COMPATIBILITY 151The 152.Fl n 153and 154.Fl v 155options are non-standard and their use in scripts is not recommended. 156.Sh STANDARDS 157The 158.Nm 159utility is expected to be 160.St -p1003.2 161compatible. 162.Sh HISTORY 163A 164.Nm 165command appeared in 166.At v1 . 167