MV(1) General Commands Manual MV(1) (NAME) mv - SOURCE DEST SOURCE DIRECTORY (SYNOPSIS) mv [OPTION]... [-T] SOURCE DEST mv [OPTION]... SOURCE... DIRECTORY mv [OPTION]... -t DIRECTORY SOURCE... (DESCRIPTION) SOURCE DEST SOURCE DIRECTORY. (OPTIONS) -f, --force -i, --interactive -n, --no-clobber --strip-trailing-slashes SOURCE --backup[=] -b --backup -S, --suffix --update SOURCE : o none o all o older o none-fail -u --update -t, --target-directory SOURCE DIRECTORY -T, --no-target-directory DEST -v, --verbose -g, --progress . : GNU coreutils . -Z SELinux --context[=] -Z CTX SELinux CTX --debug . -v --exchange ( ) -h, --help -V, --version (EXTRA) -i -f -n . . (truncate) mv -u . -n --no-clobber . : - all --update . - none --no-clobber . - older --update . '~' --suffix SIMPLE_BACKUP_SUFFIX . --backup VERSION_CONTROL . : none, off ( --backup ) numbered, t existing, nil simple, never (VERSION) v(uutils coreutils) 0.11.0 2026-09-01 MV(1)