Linux Common Commands Summary-mv

1. Function: Move the file or modify the name of the file

2. Usage: MV [option] source file destination file or source file destination directory

3. Parameters:

-B,--Backup[=control] to back up existing files

-F,--force forced override

-I,--interactive if the target file exists, ask whether to overwrite

-N,--no-clobber does not allow overwriting

-T,--target-directory=directory to move all source files to the target directory

-T,--no-target-directory the target file as a normal file

-U,--update can only be moved if the source file is newer than the target file

4. Example

Example 1: Renaming a test_1.txt file to Test_mv.txt

[[email protected] home]# CD test

[[email protected] test]# ls

Test_1 Test_1.txt Test_monday.txt

[email protected] test]# mv Test_1.txt test_mv.txt

[[email protected] test]# ls

Test_1 Test_monday.txt Test_mv.txt

Example 2: With the-b parameter, when you modify the name of the Test_1.txt, Test_mv.txt is named test_mv.txt~, overwriting the file before asking whether to overwrite

[[email protected] test]# ls

Test_1 Test_1.txt Test_mv.txt

[email protected] test]# mv-b test_1.txt test_mv.txt

MV: Do you want to overwrite "Test_mv.txt"? Y

[[email protected] test]# ls

Test_1 test_mv.txt test_mv.txt~

Example 3: Forcing overwrite Test_mv.txt

[[email protected] test]# ls

Test_1 Test_1.txt Test_mv.txt

[email protected] test]# mv-f test_1.txt test_mv.txt

[[email protected] test]# ls

Test_1 Test_mv.txt

Example 4: With the-n parameter, does not allow overwriting the file, does not report an error

[email protected] test]# mv-n test_1.txt test_mv.txt

[[email protected] test]# ls

Test_1 test_1.txt test_2.txt Test_mv.txt

Example 5: Copy the test_* file to the/test_1 folder

[[email protected] test]# ls

Test_1 test_1.txt test_2.txt Test_3.txt

[email protected] test]# mv-t test_1 test_*.txt

[[email protected] test]# ls

Test_1

[email protected] test]# CD test_1/

[[email protected] test_1]# ls

Test_1.txt test_2 test_2.txt Test_3.txt

Example 6: Update a file with the-u parameter, Test_1.txt time earlier than Test_mv.txt, cannot be overwritten, Test_2.txt time is later than Test_mv.txt, you can overwrite it.

[email protected] test]# ls-lh

Total dosage 16K

Drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4.0K May 18:09 test_1

-rw-r--r--1 root root 16 May 18:00 Test_1.txt

-rw-r--r--1 root root 16 May 18:12 Test_2.txt

-rw-r--r--1 root root 16 May 18:10 Test_mv.txt

[email protected] test]# mv-u test_1.txt test_mv.txt #未报错, not covered

[email protected] test]# ls-lh

Total dosage 16K

Drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4.0K May 18:09 test_1

-rw-r--r--1 root root 16 May 18:00 Test_1.txt

-rw-r--r--1 root root 16 May 18:12 Test_2.txt

-rw-r--r--1 root root 16 May 18:10 Test_mv.txt

[email protected] test]# mv-u test_2.txt test_mv.txt

MV: Do you want to overwrite "Test_mv.txt"? Y

[email protected] test]# ls-lh

Total dosage 12K

Drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4.0K May 18:09 test_1

-rw-r--r--1 root root 16 May 18:00 Test_1.txt

-rw-r--r--1 root root 16 May 18:12 Test_mv.txt

Linux Common Commands Summary-mv