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48 .Ar source ... directory
50 In its first form, the
52 utility renames the file named by the
54 operand to the destination path named by the
57 This form is assumed when the last operand does not name an already
62 moves each file named by a
64 operand to a destination file in the existing directory named by the
67 The destination path for each operand is the pathname produced by the
68 concatenation of the last operand, a slash, and the final pathname
69 component of the named file.
71 The following options are available:
72 .Bl -tag -width indent
74 Do not prompt for confirmation before overwriting the destination
78 option overrides any previous
86 operand is a symbolic link to a directory,
90 utility to rename the file
92 to the destination path
96 into the directory referenced by
101 to write a prompt to standard error before moving a file that would
102 overwrite an existing file.
103 If the response from the standard input begins with the character
107 the move is attempted.
110 option overrides any previous
116 Do not overwrite an existing file.
119 option overrides any previous
127 to be verbose, showing files after they are moved.
130 It is an error for the
132 operand to specify a directory if the target exists and is not a directory.
134 If the destination path does not have a mode which permits writing,
136 prompts the user for confirmation as specified for the
142 call does not work across file systems,
148 to accomplish the move.
149 The effect is equivalent to:
150 .Bd -literal -offset indent
151 rm -f destination_path && \e
152 cp -pRP source_file destination && \e
164 signal, the current input and output file
165 will be written to standard error.
174 options are non-standard and their use in scripts is not recommended.
182 utility is expected to be