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en:handbook:commands [2015/07/14 18:13] – lineaen:handbook:commands [2016/10/01 05:30] (current) – Examples are more fit to illustrate renaming than copying of file contents. hgt
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 ===== Move (rename) files or directories ===== ===== Move (rename) files or directories =====
  
-The mv command takes the contents of a file and copies it to a new file, then deletes the original file:+When source and target file are in the same file system and the target file does not exist, the mv command simply renames the source file: 
    
 <code> $ mv file1 file2 </code> <code> $ mv file1 file2 </code>
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 <code> $ mv file1 file2 dir1 dir2 ~/Documents </code> <code> $ mv file1 file2 dir1 dir2 ~/Documents </code>
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 +When renaming is not possible, the mv command takes the contents of a file and copies it to a new file, then deletes the original file.
  
 ===== Create a new file ===== ===== Create a new file =====
 
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