How to Move Files and Directories in Linux

To move files, use the mv command (man mv), which is similar to the cp command, except that with mv the file is physically moved from one place to another.

With the mv command you can move files between different file systems by indicating an absolute path to the destination. The option helps to move massive files ...

A simple command with a predictable syntax, mv <source> <destination> moves a source file to the specified destination, each defined by either ...

To move a file in a terminal, you use the mv command to move a file from one location to another. $ mv example.txt ~/Documents

mv is used to move files. To move a file, type mv followed by the file you want to move and its destination as shown in the figure below.

If assign1 does not exist, the cp command will create it. The mv command moves files in a similar way to cp . It also doubles as a way to rename a file:

This command is used to rename file directories and move files from one location to another within a file system.

To move a file to another directory and give it a new name, type the following: mv intro manual/chap1. This moves the intro file to the manual/chap1 directory.

The command to move files is mv . It's very simple and one of the first commands you will learn on the platform. Instead of just listing out the ...