Moving files

mv (move)

Suppose that you want to rename a file. In Unix, we talk about moving the file and the command that does it is mv. For example

mv file1 file2 

moves (or renames) file1 to file2.

This differs from copying the file: you end up with only one file rather than two.

You can move files across directories by specifying the pathname just as you can for the cp or copy command.

Contents

• Components
• Shells and subshells
• Directory Structure
• Changing Directories
• Listing Files and Directories
• Pathnames
• Files and Processes
• Wildcards
• Exercises 1
• Creating Directories
• Creating Files
• Special Directories
• Exercises 2
• Copying Files
• Moving Files
• Deleting Files
• Exercises 3
• Redirection
• Searching Text Files
• More grep examples
• Permissions on Files and Directories
• Editing Text
• Exercises 4
• My First Shell Script
• Job Control
• Links
• Environment Variables