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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 to write a prompt to standard error before moving a file that would
87 overwrite an existing file.
88 If the response from the standard input begins with the character
92 the move is attempted.
95 option overrides any previous
101 Do not overwrite an existing file.
104 option overrides any previous
112 to be verbose, showing files after they are moved.
115 It is an error for either the
117 operand or the destination path to specify a directory unless both do.
119 If the destination path does not have a mode which permits writing,
121 prompts the user for confirmation as specified for the
127 call does not work across file systems,
133 to accomplish the move.
134 The effect is equivalent to:
135 .Bd -literal -offset indent
136 rm -f destination_path && \e
137 cp -pRP source_file destination && \e
151 options are non-standard and their use in scripts is not recommended.
155 utility is expected to be