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Command: mv - move or rename a file
Syntax: mv [-ifsmvx] file1 file2
mv [-ifsvx] file ... directory
Flags: -i Prompt before removing existing files
-f Do not prompt before removing existing files
-s Do not clear any mode bits if owner can't be set
-m Merge directory trees
-v Tell what mv is doing
-x Do not cross device boundaries
Examples: mv oldname newname # Move oldname to newname
mv file1 file2 /user/ast # Move two files to /user/ast
Mv moves one or more files from one place in the file system to
another. If the old path and new path are on the same device, it is
done by renaming otherwise by copying. If you're not superuser, the copy
will destroy the file's owner, group and setuid/setgid bits. mv will
prompt before removing non-writable files if stdin is a terminal or the
-i flag was specified.