Difference between revisions of "Command Line Examples: mv"
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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> | </code> | ||
Revision as of 09:47, 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:~/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/
