Usage: mv [OPTION]... [-T] SOURCE DEST
or: mv [OPTION]... SOURCE... DIRECTORY
or: mv [OPTION]... -t DIRECTORY SOURCE...
Rename SOURCE to DEST, or move SOURCE(s) to DIRECTORY.
Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
make a backup of each existing destination file
like --backup but does not accept an argument
explain how a file is copied. Implies -v
exchange source and destination
do not prompt before overwriting
do not overwrite an existing file
If you specify more than one of -i, -f, -n, only the final one takes effect.
do not copy if renaming fails
remove any trailing slashes from each SOURCE argument
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
control which existing files are updated;
UPDATE={all,none,none-fail,older(default)}
equivalent to --update[=older]. See below
explain what is being done
set SELinux security context of destination file to default type
display this help and exit
output version information and exit
UPDATE controls which existing files in the destination are replaced.
'all' is the default operation when an --update option is not specified,
and results in all existing files in the destination being replaced.
'none' is like the --no-clobber option, in that no files in the
destination are replaced, and skipped files do not induce a failure.
'none-fail' also ensures no files are replaced in the destination,
but any skipped files are diagnosed and induce a failure.
'older' is the default operation when --update is specified, and results
in files being replaced if they're older than the corresponding source file.
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
Report bugs to: bug-coreutils@gnu.org
GNU coreutils home page: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
General help using GNU software: <https://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/mv>
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) mv invocation'