mv(1)

     NAME
          mv - rename files

     SYNOPSIS
          mv [options] source dest
          mv [options] source... directory
          Options:
          [-bfiuv] [-S backup-suffix] [-V {numbered,existing,simple}]
          [--backup] [--force] [--interactive] [--update] [--verbose]
          [--suffix=backup-suffix] [--version-
          control={numbered,existing,simple}] [--help] [--version]

     DESCRIPTION
          This documentation is no longer being maintained and may be
          inaccurate or incomplete.  The Texinfo documentation is now
          the authoritative source.

          This manual page documents the GNU version of mv.  If the
          last argument names an existing directory, mv moves each
          other given file into a file with the same name in that
          directory.  Otherwise, if only two files are given, it moves
          the first onto the second.  It is an error if the last
          argument is not a directory and more than two files are
          given.  It can move only regular files across filesystems.

          If a destination file is unwritable, the standard input is a
          tty, and the -f or --force option is not given, mv prompts
          the user for whether to overwrite the file.  If the response
          does not begin with `y' or `Y', the file is skipped.

        OPTIONS
          -b, --backup
               Make backups of files that are about to be removed.

          -f, --force
               Remove existing destination files and never prompt the
               user.

          -i, --interactive
               Prompt whether to overwrite each destination file that
               already exists.  If the response does not begin with
               `y' or `Y', the file is skipped.

          -u, --update
               Do not move a nondirectory that has an existing
               destination with the same or newer modification time.

          -v, --verbose
               Print the name of each file before moving it.

          --help
               Print a usage message on standard output and exit
               successfully.

          --version
               Print version information on standard output then exit
               successfully.

          -S, --suffix backup-suffix
               The suffix used for making simple backup files can be
               set with the SIMPLE_BACKUP_SUFFIX environment variable,
               which can be overridden by this option.  If neither of
               those is given, the default is `~', as it is in Emacs.

          -V, --version-control {numbered,existing,simple}
               The type of backups made can be set with the
               VERSION_CONTROL environment variable, which can be
               overridden by this option.  If VERSION_CONTROL is not
               set and this option is not given, the default backup
               type is `existing'.  The value of the VERSION_CONTROL
               environment variable and the argument to this option
               are like the GNU Emacs `version-control' variable; they
               also recognize synonyms that are more descriptive.  The
               valid values are (unique abbreviations are accepted):

               `t' or `numbered'
                    Always make numbered backups.

               `nil' or `existing'
                    Make numbered backups of files that already have
                    them, simple backups of the others.

               `never' or `simple'
                    Always make simple backups.