mv fromfile tofile 
mv fromfile... todir 

If there are two arguments of the same type (directories or files) then mv will rename the fromfile to tofile.

For files, a previously file named tofile will be (silently) removed. This requires write permission for the current directory. Write permission is not needed for tofile.

For directories, a previously existing directory named todir will be (silently) removed if empty, and the mv operation will fail.

If the last argument is a directory, the earlier arguments (all files) will be moved into that directory. Any previously existing files of the same name will be overwritten.

Caveats

See Also

stat, fstat, fwstat, wstat - get and put file status in Chapter 8

remove - remove a file in Chapter 8