Renaming or moving a file or directory
You can use the mv command to move or
rename files. For example:
mv file1 file2
moves
the contents of file1 to file2 and
deletes file1. This is similar to:
cp file1 file2
rm file1
except that, when the files are in the same
mountable file system, mv renames the file rather than copying
it. file1 and file2 do
not have to be in the same directory.The mv command can move several files from one place to another.
For example:
mv file1 file2 file3 directoryb
moves
all three files to directoryb.Using the -R or -r option, you can move a directory
and all its contents (files, subdirectories, and files in subdirectories)
into another directory. For example:
mv -R directorya directoryb