mv or move Command
  
  
  Purpose
  
  Moves files.
  
  Syntax
  
  
  
   To Move Files to a Directory Maintaining Original File Names
  
  { mv | move } [  -i ] [  -f ] [  -- ] { File ... 
  | Directory ... } Directory
  
   To Move and Rename a File or Directory
  
  { mv | move } [  -i ] [  -f ] [  -- ] { File | Directory }
  NewName
  
  Description
  
  Warning: The mv command can overwrite many existing files unless
  you specify the  -i flag.  The -i flag prompts you to confirm be-
  fore it overwrites a file.  If both the -f and -i flags are
  specified in combination,  the  last  flag  specified  takes pre-
  cedence.
  
  The mv (move) command moves files and directories from one direc-
  tory to another,  or  renames a file or directory.  If you move a
  file  or  directory to a new directory, it retains the base  file
  name.   When you move a file, all links to other files remain in-
  tact, except when you move it to a different file  system.   When
  you move a directory into an existing  directory,  the  directory
  and its contents are added under the existing directory.
  
  When you use the mv command to rename a file or directory, the
  NewName parameter can specify either a new file name or a new
  directory path name.
  
  If moving the file would overwrite an existing file that does not
  have write permission set and if standard input is a workstation,
  the mv command displays the file-permission code and reads a line
  from standard input.  If that line begins with a y, or the lo-
  cale's equivalent of a y, the mv command moves the file.  If the
  response is anything other than a y, the mv command does nothing
  to that file and continues with the next specified file.
  
  You can use the mv command to move files within the same file
  system or between file systems.  Whether  you  are working in one
  file system or across file systems, the mv command copies the
  file to the target and deletes the original file.  The mv command
  preserves in the new file the time of the most recent data modif-
  ication,  the  time  of  the most recent access, the user ID, the
  group ID, and the file mode of the original file.
  
  Flags
  
  Warning: The mv command can overwrite many existing files unless
  you specify the  -i flag.  The -i flag prompts you to confirm be-
  fore it overwrites a file.  If both the -f and -i flags are
  specified  in  combination,  the last flag specified  takes  pre-
  cedence.
  
  -f	Does not prompt you before overwriting an existing file.
  
  -i	Prompts you before moving a file or directory to an existing
  path name  by displaying the name of the file followed by a ques-
  tion mark.  If you answer with a line starting with y or the lo-
  cale's equivalent of a y, the move continues.  Any other reply
  prevents the move from occurring.
  
  --	Interprets all the following arguments as file names.  This
  allows you to create file names starting with a minus sign.
  
  Examples
  
  Warning: The mv command can overwrite many existing files unless
  you specify the  -i flag.  The -i flag prompts you to confirm be-
  fore it overwrites a file.  If both the -f and -i flags are
  specified  in  combination,  the  last flag specified takes  pre-
  cedence.
  
  1.	To rename a file, enter:
  
  mv appendix apndx.a
  
  This renames appendix to apndx.a.  If a file named apndx.a
  already exists, its old contents are replaced with those of
  appendix.
  
  2.	To move a directory, enter:
  
  mv book manual
  
  This moves all files and directories under book to the directory
  named manual, if manual exists.  Otherwise, the directory book is
  renamed to manual.
  
  3.	To move a file to another directory and give it a new name,
  enter:
  
  mv intro manual/chap1
  
  This moves intro to manual/chap1.  The name intro is removed from
  the current directory, and the same file appears as chap1 in the
  directory manual.
  
  4.	To move a file to another directory, keeping the same name,
  enter:
  
  mv chap3 manual
  
  This moves chap3 to manual/chap3
  
  Note:	Examples 1 and 3 name two files, example 2 names two exist-
  ing directories, and example 4 names a file and a directory.
  
  5.	To move several files into another directory, enter:
  
  mv chap4 jim/chap5 /home/manual
  
  This moves the chap4 file to the /home/manual/chap4 file
  directory and the jim/chap5 file to the /home/manual/chap5 file.
  
  6.	To use the mv command with pattern-matching characters, enter:
  
  mv manual/* .
  
  This moves all files in the manual directory into the current
  directory . (period), retaining the names they had in manual.
  This move also empties manual.  You must type a space between the
  asterisk and the period.
  
  Note:	Pattern-matching characters expand names of existing files
  only.  For example, the command mv intro man*/chap1 does not work
  if the file manual/chap1 does not exist.
  
  Exit Status
  
  0	All input files were moved successfully.
  
  >0	An error occurred.
  
  Implementation Specifics
  
  This command is part of Base Operating System (BOS) Runtime.
  
  Files
  
  /usr/bin/mv	Contains the mv command.
  
  /usr/bin/move	Contains the move command.
  
  Related Information
  
   Files Overview in AIX Version 3.2 System User's Guide: Base and
  Devices.
  
   Directory Overview in AIX Version 3.2 System User's Guide: Base
  and Devices.
  
   Input and Output Redirection Overview in AIX Version 3.2 System
  User's Guide: Base and Devices.
  
  The  chmod command,  ln command,  rm command.
  
  The  rename subroutine.