Description:

  • Moves or renames files (or directories).
  • If two file names are given, mv moves the first file to the second.
  • If the —target-directory (-t) option is given, or failing that if the last file is a directory and the —no-target-directory (-T) option is not given, mv moves each source file to the specified directory, using the sources’ names.

Synopis:

  • mv [option]… [-T] source dest
  • mv [option]… source… directory
  • mv [option]… -t directory source…