"Linux learning is not difficult" file directory Management (9): MV command file and directory renaming, moving files and directory path

7.9 "Linux learning is not difficult" file directory Management (9): MV command file and directory renaming, moving files and directory path

Use the MV command to change the names of files and directories and to move the paths of files and directories.
Command syntax:

MV [options] [Source Files | directory] [target file | directory]

The meanings of the options in the command are as shown in the table.

Options	option meaning
-I.	Ask before overwriting
-F	do not ask before overwriting
-N	do not overwrite files that already exist

Example: Move all files with the suffix ". png" under the/root/pic directory to the/usr/local/share/pic directory.

[Email protected] ~]# mv-f/root/pic/*.png/usr/local/share/pic

Example: Renaming the/root/pic/kpic.png file to/root/pic/life.png.

[Email protected] ~]# mv/root/pic/kpic.png/root/pic/life.png

Example: Change the/root/pic directory name to/root/mypic.

[Email protected] ~]# Mv/root/pic/root/mypic

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Linux learning is not difficult "file directory Management (9): MV command file and directory renaming, moving files and directory paths