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mv

Purpose

Section titled “Purpose”

Moves a file or directory.

Terminal window
mv [PATH] [DESTPATH]

Arguments

Section titled “Arguments”
  • PATH — specify the path to the file you want to move
  • DESTPATH — specify the path to the directory you want to move the file to

Examples

Section titled “Examples”
Terminal window
mv /home/volk/someFile /home/volk/files

Result:
Moves someFile to /home/volk/files