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  38 .Dd July 9, 2002
  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 | i | n
  47 .Op Fl v
  48 .Ar source target
  49 .Nm
  50 .Op Fl f | i | n
  51 .Op Fl v
  52 .Ar source ... directory
  53 .Sh DESCRIPTION
  54 In its first form, the
  55 .Nm
  56 utility renames the file named by the
  57 .Ar source
  58 operand to the destination path named by the
  59 .Ar target
  60 operand.
  61 This form is assumed when the last operand does not name an already
  62 existing directory.
  63 .Pp
  64 In its second form,
  65 .Nm
  66 moves each file named by a
  67 .Ar source
  68 operand to a destination file in the existing directory named by the
  69 .Ar directory
  70 operand.
  71 The destination path for each operand is the pathname produced by the
  72 concatenation of the last operand, a slash, and the final pathname
  73 component of the named file.
  74 .Pp
  75 The following options are available:
  76 .Bl -tag -width indent
  77 .It Fl f
  78 Do not prompt for confirmation before overwriting the destination
  79 path.
  80 (The
  81 .Fl f
  82 option overrides any previous
  83 .Fl i
  84 or
  85 .Fl n
  86 options.)
  87 .It Fl i
  88 Cause
  89 .Nm
  90 to write a prompt to standard error before moving a file that would
  91 overwrite an existing file.
  92 If the response from the standard input begins with the character
  93 .Ql y
  94 or
  95 .Ql Y ,
  96 the move is attempted.
  97 (The
  98 .Fl i
  99 option overrides any previous
 100 .Fl f
 101 or
 102 .Fl n
 103 options.)
 104 .It Fl n
 105 Do not overwrite an existing file.
 106 (The
 107 .Fl n
 108 option overrides any previous
 109 .Fl f
 110 or
 111 .Fl i
 112 options.)
 113 .It Fl v
 114 Cause
 115 .Nm
 116 to be verbose, showing files after they are moved.
 117 .El
 118 .Pp
 119 It is an error for either the
 120 .Ar source
 121 operand or the destination path to specify a directory unless both do.
 122 .Pp
 123 If the destination path does not have a mode which permits writing,
 124 .Nm
 125 prompts the user for confirmation as specified for the
 126 .Fl i
 127 option.
 128 .Pp
 129 As the
 130 .Xr rename 2
 131 call does not work across file systems,
 132 .Nm
 133 uses
 134 .Xr cp 1
 135 and
 136 .Xr rm 1
 137 to accomplish the move.
 138 The effect is equivalent to:
 139 .Bd -literal -offset indent
 140 rm -f destination_path && \e
 141 cp -pRP source_file destination && \e
 142 rm -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
 151 The
 152 .Fl n
 153 and
 154 .Fl v
 155 options are non-standard and their use in scripts is not recommended.
 156 .Sh STANDARDS
 157 The
 158 .Nm
 159 utility is expected to be
 160 .St -p1003.2
 161 compatible.
 162 .Sh HISTORY
 163 A
 164 .Nm
 165 command appeared in
 166 .At v1 .