Difference between revisions of "Command Line Examples: mv"
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| − | user@host:examples$ mv | + | user@host:examples$ mv file1.txt newname.txt |
</code> | </code> | ||
| − | move | + | move a file to a subdirectory |
<code> | <code> | ||
| − | user@host:examples$ mv | + | user@host:examples$ mv file1.txt finished/ |
| + | </code> | ||
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| + | move two files to a subdirectory | ||
| + | <code> | ||
| + | user@host:examples$ mv file1.txt file2.txt finished/ | ||
| + | </code> | ||
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| + | move all files ending with .txt to a subdirectory | ||
| + | <code> | ||
| + | user@host:examples$ mv *.txt finished/ | ||
</code> | </code> | ||
Revision as of 08:46, 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.
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:examples$ mv file1.txt newname.txt
move a file to a subdirectory
user@host:examples$ mv file1.txt finished/
move two files to a subdirectory
user@host:examples$ mv file1.txt file2.txt finished/
move all files ending with .txt to a subdirectory
user@host:examples$ mv *.txt finished/
