MV(1) MV(1) mv - ( ) mv [OPTION]... [-T] SOURCE DEST mv [OPTION]... SOURCE... DIRECTORY mv [OPTION]... -t DIRECTORY SOURCE... () . . --backup[=CONTROL] -b --backup --debug . -v --exchange -f, --force -i, --interactive -n, --no-clobber -i -f -n . --no-copy --strip-trailing-slashes (SOURCE) -S, --suffix=SUFFIX -t, --target-directory=DIRECTORY SOURCE DIRECTORY -T, --no-target-directory DEST --update[=UPDATE] UPDATE={all,none,none-fail,older()} -u --update[=older]. -v, --verbose -Z, --context SELinux --help --version UPDATE . 'all' --update . 'none' --no-clobber . 'none-fail' . 'older' --update . '~' --suffix SIMPLE_BACKUP_SUFFIX. --backup VERSION_CONTROL. : none, off ( --backup) numbered, t existing, nil simple, never . : bug-coreutils@gnu.org GNU coreutils : : (C) 2026 (Free Software Foundation, Inc.). GPLv3+: GNU GPL 3 . . : . . rename(2) : info '(coreutils) mv' 3 . . : . GNU coreutils 9.11 2026 MV(1)