mv

Move or rename files and directories. More information: https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/mv-invocation.html.

• Rename a file or directory when the target is not an existing directory:

mv path/to/source path/to/target

• Move a file or directory into an existing directory:

mv path/to/source path/to/existing_directory

• Move multiple files into an existing directory, keeping the filenames unchanged:

mv path/to/source1 path/to/source2 … path/to/existing_directory

• Do not prompt ([f]) for confirmation before overwriting existing files:

mv --force path/to/source path/to/target

• Prompt for confirmation [i]nteractively before overwriting existing files, regardless of file permissions:

mv --interactive path/to/source path/to/target

• Do not overwrite ([n]) existing files at the target:

mv --no-clobber path/to/source path/to/target

• Move files in [v]erbose mode, showing files after they are moved:

mv --verbose path/to/source path/to/target

• Specify [t]arget directory so that you can use external tools to gather movable files:

find /var/log -type f -name '*.log' -print0 | xargs -0 mv --target-directory path/to/target_directory