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Jason M Potter answered on December 29, 2022 Popularity 6/10 Helpfulness 1/10

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# To move a file from one place to another:
mv <src> <dest>

# To move a file from one place to another and automatically overwrite if the destination file exists:
# (This will override any previous -i or -n args)
mv -f <src> <dest>

# To move a file from one place to another but ask before overwriting an existing file:
# (This will override any previous -f or -n args)
mv -i <src> <dest>

# To move a file from one place to another but never overwrite anything:
# (This will override any previous -f or -i args)
mv -n <src> <dest>

# To move listed file(s) to a directory
mv -t <dest> <file>...

# Move a file to an arbitrary location:
mv source target

# Move files into another directory, keeping the filenames:
mv source1 source2 source3 target_directory

# Do not prompt for confirmation before overwriting existing files:
mv -f source target

# Prompt for confirmation before overwriting existing files, regardless of file permissions:
mv -i source target

# Do not overwrite existing files at the target:
mv -n source target

# Move files in verbose mode, showing files after they are moved:
mv -v source target

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