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53 .Ar source ... directory
55 In its first form, the
57 utility renames the file named by the
59 operand to the destination path named by the
62 This form is assumed when the last operand does not name an already
67 moves each file named by a
69 operand to a destination file in the existing directory named by the
72 The destination path for each operand is the pathname produced by the
73 concatenation of the last operand, a slash, and the final pathname
74 component of the named file.
76 The following options are available:
77 .Bl -tag -width indent
79 Do not prompt for confirmation before overwriting the destination
83 option overrides any previous
91 to write a prompt to standard error before moving a file that would
92 overwrite an existing file.
93 If the response from the standard input begins with the character
97 the move is attempted.
100 option overrides any previous
106 Do not overwrite an existing file.
109 option overrides any previous
117 to be verbose, showing files after they are moved.
120 It is an error for either the
122 operand or the destination path to specify a directory unless both do.
124 If the destination path does not have a mode which permits writing,
126 prompts the user for confirmation as specified for the
132 call does not work across file systems,
138 to accomplish the move.
139 The effect is equivalent to:
140 .Bd -literal -offset indent
141 rm -f destination_path && \e
142 cp -pRP source_file destination && \e
154 signal, the current input and output file
155 will be written to standard error.
163 options are non-standard and their use in scripts is not recommended.
171 utility is expected to be