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49 .Ar source ... directory
51 In its first form, the
53 utility renames the file named by the
55 operand to the destination path named by the
58 This form is assumed when the last operand does not name an already
63 moves each file named by a
65 operand to a destination file in the existing directory named by the
68 The destination path for each operand is the pathname produced by the
69 concatenation of the last operand, a slash, and the final pathname
70 component of the named file.
72 The following options are available:
73 .Bl -tag -width indent
75 Do not prompt for confirmation before overwriting the destination
79 option overrides any previous
87 operand is a symbolic link to a directory,
91 utility to rename the file
93 to the destination path
97 into the directory referenced by
102 to write a prompt to standard error before moving a file that would
103 overwrite an existing file.
104 If the response from the standard input begins with the character
108 the move is attempted.
111 option overrides any previous
117 Do not overwrite an existing file.
120 option overrides any previous
128 to be verbose, showing files after they are moved.
131 It is an error for the
133 operand to specify a directory if the target exists and is not a directory.
135 If the destination path does not have a mode which permits writing,
137 prompts the user for confirmation as specified for the
143 call does not work across file systems,
149 to accomplish the move.
150 The effect is equivalent to:
151 .Bd -literal -offset indent
152 rm -f destination_path && \e
153 cp -pRP source_file destination && \e
165 if it already exists:
174 options are non-standard and their use in scripts is not recommended.
182 utility is expected to be