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diff --git a/man/mv.1 b/man/mv.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..db7bdfb --- /dev/null +++ b/man/mv.1 @@ -0,0 +1,98 @@ +.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE! It was generated by help2man 1.35. +.TH MV "1" "March 2007" "GNU coreutils 6.9" "User Commands" +.SH NAME +mv \- move (rename) files +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B mv +[\fIOPTION\fR]... [\fI-T\fR] \fISOURCE DEST\fR +.br +.B mv +[\fIOPTION\fR]... \fISOURCE\fR... \fIDIRECTORY\fR +.br +.B mv +[\fIOPTION\fR]... \fI-t DIRECTORY SOURCE\fR... +.SH DESCRIPTION +.\" Add any additional description here +.PP +Rename SOURCE to DEST, or move SOURCE(s) to DIRECTORY. +.PP +Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too. +.TP +\fB\-\-backup\fR[=\fICONTROL\fR] +make a backup of each existing destination file +.TP +\fB\-b\fR +like \fB\-\-backup\fR but does not accept an argument +.TP +\fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-force\fR +do not prompt before overwriting +.TP +\fB\-i\fR, \fB\-\-interactive\fR +prompt before overwrite +.TP +\fB\-\-strip\-trailing\-slashes\fR +remove any trailing slashes from each SOURCE +argument +.TP +\fB\-S\fR, \fB\-\-suffix\fR=\fISUFFIX\fR +override the usual backup suffix +.TP +\fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-target\-directory\fR=\fIDIRECTORY\fR +move all SOURCE arguments into DIRECTORY +.TP +\fB\-T\fR, \fB\-\-no\-target\-directory\fR +treat DEST as a normal file +.TP +\fB\-u\fR, \fB\-\-update\fR +move only when the SOURCE file is newer +than the destination file or when the +destination file is missing +.TP +\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-verbose\fR +explain what is being done +.TP +\fB\-\-help\fR +display this help and exit +.TP +\fB\-\-version\fR +output version information and exit +.PP +The backup suffix is `~', unless set with \fB\-\-suffix\fR or SIMPLE_BACKUP_SUFFIX. +The version control method may be selected via the \fB\-\-backup\fR option or through +the VERSION_CONTROL environment variable. Here are the values: +.TP +none, off +never make backups (even if \fB\-\-backup\fR is given) +.TP +numbered, t +make numbered backups +.TP +existing, nil +numbered if numbered backups exist, simple otherwise +.TP +simple, never +always make simple backups +.SH AUTHOR +Written by Mike Parker, David MacKenzie, and Jim Meyering. +.SH "REPORTING BUGS" +Report bugs to <bug\-coreutils@gnu.org>. +.SH COPYRIGHT +Copyright \(co 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +.br +This is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of +the GNU General Public License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. +There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +rename(2) +.PP +The full documentation for +.B mv +is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the +.B info +and +.B mv +programs are properly installed at your site, the command +.IP +.B info mv +.PP +should give you access to the complete manual. |