Difference between revisions of "Command Line Examples: mv"
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The mv command will do different things depending on how many arguments you give it. | The mv command will do different things depending on how many arguments you give it. | ||
| − | In the following examples, assume that we are in the directory <code>/home/user/work/examples</code>; there are two files named <code>file1.txt</code> and <code>file2.txt</code>; there is a sub-directory named <code>finished</code>. | + | In the following examples, assume that we are in the directory <code>/home/user/work/examples</code>; there are two files named <code>file1.txt</code> and <code>file2.txt</code>; there is a sub-directory named <code>finished</code>; there is also a directory named <code>/home/user/work/tmp</code> on the system. |
Note that these examples could not be run in order. | Note that these examples could not be run in order. | ||
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To "rename" file, just move it to a file with a different name | To "rename" file, just move it to a file with a different name | ||
<code> | <code> | ||
| − | user@host:examples$ mv file1.txt newname.txt | + | user@host:~/work/examples$ mv file1.txt newname.txt |
</code> | </code> | ||
move a file to a subdirectory | move a file to a subdirectory | ||
<code> | <code> | ||
| − | user@host:examples$ mv file1.txt finished/ | + | user@host:~/work/examples$ mv file1.txt finished/ |
</code> | </code> | ||
move two files to a subdirectory | move two files to a subdirectory | ||
<code> | <code> | ||
| − | user@host:examples$ mv file1.txt file2.txt finished/ | + | user@host:~/work/examples$ mv file1.txt file2.txt finished/ |
</code> | </code> | ||
move all files ending with .txt to a subdirectory | move all files ending with .txt to a subdirectory | ||
<code> | <code> | ||
| − | user@host:examples$ mv *.txt finished/ | + | user@host:~/work/examples$ mv *.txt finished/ |
| + | </code> | ||
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| + | move a file to the directory above | ||
| + | <code> | ||
| + | user@host:~/work/examples$ mv file1.txt ../ | ||
| + | </code> | ||
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| + | move multiple files to the directory above | ||
| + | <code> | ||
| + | user@host:~/work/examples$ mv file1.txt file2.txt ../ | ||
| + | </code> | ||
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| + | move a file to some other directory using the absolute path | ||
| + | <code> | ||
| + | user@host:~/work/examples$ mv file1.txt /home/user/work/tmp | ||
| + | </code> | ||
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| + | move a file to some other directory using the relative path | ||
| + | <code> | ||
| + | user@host:~/work/examples$ mv file1.txt ../tmp | ||
| + | </code> | ||
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| + | move a file to a different directory AND rename it | ||
| + | <code> | ||
| + | user@host:~/work/examples$ mv file1.txt ../tmp/finished.txt | ||
| + | </code> | ||
| + | |||
| + | move a directory to a different directory | ||
| + | <code> | ||
| + | user@host:~/work/examples$ mv finished/ ../tmp/ | ||
| + | </code> | ||
| + | |||
| + | move a directory to a different directory AND rename it | ||
| + | <code> | ||
| + | user@host:~/work/examples$ mv finished/ ../tmp/unfinished | ||
</code> | </code> | ||
Latest revision as of 08:54, 7 February 2013
The mv command will do different things depending on how many arguments you give it.
In the following examples, assume that we are in the directory /home/user/work/examples; there are two files named file1.txt and file2.txt; there is a sub-directory named finished; there is also a directory named /home/user/work/tmp on the system.
Note that these examples could not be run in order.
To "rename" file, just move it to a file with a different name
user@host:~/work/examples$ mv file1.txt newname.txt
move a file to a subdirectory
user@host:~/work/examples$ mv file1.txt finished/
move two files to a subdirectory
user@host:~/work/examples$ mv file1.txt file2.txt finished/
move all files ending with .txt to a subdirectory
user@host:~/work/examples$ mv *.txt finished/
move a file to the directory above
user@host:~/work/examples$ mv file1.txt ../
move multiple files to the directory above
user@host:~/work/examples$ mv file1.txt file2.txt ../
move a file to some other directory using the absolute path
user@host:~/work/examples$ mv file1.txt /home/user/work/tmp
move a file to some other directory using the relative path
user@host:~/work/examples$ mv file1.txt ../tmp
move a file to a different directory AND rename it
user@host:~/work/examples$ mv file1.txt ../tmp/finished.txt
move a directory to a different directory
user@host:~/work/examples$ mv finished/ ../tmp/
move a directory to a different directory AND rename it
user@host:~/work/examples$ mv finished/ ../tmp/unfinished
