MV(1) General Commands Manual MV(1)NAME
mv - move or rename a file
SYNOPSIS
mv [-ifsmvx] file1 file2
mv [-ifsvx] file ... directory
OPTIONS -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
DESCRIPTION
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.
SEE ALSO cp(1), rename(2).
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CP(1) General Commands Manual CP(1)NAME
cp, cpdir - file copy
SYNOPSIS
cp [-pifsmrRvx] file1 file2
cp [-pifsrRvx] file ... directory
cpdir [-ifvx] file1 file2
OPTIONS -p Preserve full mode, uid, gid and times
-i Ask before removing existing file
-f Forced remove existing file
-s Make similar, copy some attributes
-m Merge trees, disable the into-a-directory trick
-r Copy directory trees with link structure, etc. intact
-R Copy directory trees and treat special files as ordinary
-v Display what cp is doing
-x Do not cross device boundaries
EXAMPLES
cp oldfile newfile # Copy oldfile to newfile
cp -R dir1 dir2 # Copy a directory tree
DESCRIPTION
Cp copies one file to another, or copies one or more files to a directory. Special files are normally opened and read, unless -r is used.
-r also copies the link structure, something -R doesn't care about. The -s option differs from -p that it only copies the times if the
target file already exists. A normal copy only copies the mode of the file, with the file creation mask applied. Set-uid bits are cleared
if the owner cannot be set. (The -s flag does not patronize you by clearing bits. Alas -s and -r are nonstandard.)
Cpdir is a convenient synonym for cp -psmr to make a precise copy of a directory tree.
SEE ALSO cat(1), mkdir(1), rmdir(1), ln(1), rm(1).
CP(1)
im having trouble with moving files in a directory into /dev/null
for file in $HOME/.trashcan/
do
mv $file /dev/null
done
the error msg i get is:
mv: /dev/null: not a directory.
does anyone know how to fix this?
thanks
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