Concise linux command line notes: MV

MV [options] existing-file new-filename

MV [options] existing-file-list directory

MV [options] existing-directory new-directory

Parameters

The first form:existing-file is the file path that needs to be renamed; New-filename is a new pathname to the file that is used to rename or overwrite

The second form:Existing-file is a list of file paths that need to be moved; directory is the new directory to which files need to be moved to move

The third form:existing-file is the directory path that needs to be renamed; New-directory is the new pathname of the directory that is used to rename or overwrite

Options

-B If the same file name already exists, make a backup before overwriting

-F Force Overwrite if the same file name already exists and the user does not have write permission

-I prompts the user for confirmation before overwriting if the same file name already exists

-U compares the original file with the target file modification time and does not overwrite if the target file is newer

-V lists all files that were moved or renamed

ExampleMV

MVlsdemo2.txt 

Renaming files

mv-i

LSdemo2.txt  mv Demo2.txt-MV: Do you want to overwrite "demo.txt"? Y     

Confirmation of pre-existing file overwrite, string representation at the beginning of Y or Y, and any remaining characters representing negation

MV does not have write access to the file name

$LS-L Total Dosage0-rw-r--r--1 root root 8 13:31 cc-rw-r--r--1 Siu siu 8 13:24 dd$ mv DD ccMV: whether to overwrite  "cclscc        

Everyone and group in CC here is root, and my current user is SIU, and will ask for confirmation when overwriting

mv-f file name that does not have write permission

LS-0  January  : Thefollowing:mv BB-lsaa    

Same as above, except that the-f option is added here, and is enforced without prompting when overridden

MV Mobile Directory

LSABC  MVlsabc$ cd abc/lscde     

The CDE directory is moved to the ABC directory here

MV Rename Directory

lsdirlsdir  

Rename the ABC directory here to the DIR directory, MV ABC. /can move ABC to parent directory, flexible here

Mv-u

LS-0  January  : All:mv time1.txt-lstime1.txt time2.txt 

Confirm the modification time to determine whether to overwrite, here Time2.txt modification time is newer than time1.txt, so overwrite failed

mv-v

MV Time1.txt-"time1.txt"time2.txt"lstime2.txt      

List information when moving or overwriting

Mv-b

MV-lsbb.txt  bb.txt~ 

When you make a backup, you back up a file with a ~

Tips

1. In Linux, the concept of overwrite and renaming is almost the same, without the so-called rename in Windows

2. Options you can write in any position, can mv Aa-v BB, can also mv-v AA BB, also can MV AA bb-v

Concise linux command line notes: MV