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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<code> | <code> | ||
user@host:~/work/examples$ mv *.txt finished/ | user@host:~/work/examples$ mv *.txt finished/ | ||
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| + | move a file to a subdirectory | ||
| + | <code> | ||
| + | user@host:~/work/examples$ mv file1.txt finished/ | ||
</code> | </code> | ||
Revision as of 09:48, 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 a subdirectory
user@host:~/work/examples$ mv file1.txt finished/
