.DT mv Discworld creator help mv .SH Name .SI 5 mv - Move files. .EI .SH Syntax .SI 5 mv <file(s)> <file|dir> .EI .SH Description .SP 5 5 The mv command is used to move a file. You can move it into a different directory keeping the same name, or move it to a file of a different name anywhere. mv will not overwrite files, so you will have to rm the file that is already there if you want to replace an old copy of a file with a newer one. .EP .SH Examples .SI 5 mv test1 test2 mv test1 testdir mv test* testdir mv test1* test2* .EI .SH See also .SP 5 5 cp, rm .EP