Move files and/or folders.
Syntax
mv [options] source target
Options
-n Do not overwrite any existing file.
-i Prompt before moving a file that would overwrite an existing file.
A response `y' or `Y', will allow the move to proceed
(writes to standard error)
-f Always Overwrite destination files
(Do not prompt for confirmation)
-v Verbose, show filenames.
The -n and -v options are non-standard and their use in scripts is not recommended.
Examples
Move all files with names ending in ".jpg" from the current folder
to the Documents directory
$ mv *.jpg ~/Documents
Move the "Documents" folder to "Documents backup".
$ mv Documents "Documents backup"
quotes are needed because of the space in the folder name.
Rename .txt files to .html
$ for f in *.txt; do mv ./"$f" "${f%txt}htm"; done
“Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction” - Albert Einstein
Related:
mv man page - Apple.com
cp - Copy files
CpMac - Copy a file while preserving metadata and forks (Developer Tools)
copy - Copy groups of files in folders
dd - Data Dump - convert and copy a file (use for RAW
storage)
install - Copy files and set attributes
MvMac - Copy a filewhile preserving metadata and forks (Developer Tools)
tar - store or extract files to an archive (allows symbolic links to be copied as links)
