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                      3: mv                           Command                           mv
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                      8: Rename files or directories
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                     10: mmvv [-ff] _o_l_d_f_i_l_e [_n_e_w_f_i_l_e]
                     11: mmvv [-ff] _f_i_l_e ... _d_i_r_e_c_t_o_r_y
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                     13: mv renames  files.  In the first form above,  it changes the name
                     14: of oldfile to newfile.  If newfile already exists, mv replaces it
                     15: with the file being moved; if  not, mv creates it.  If newfile is
                     16: a directory, mv places oldfile under that directory.
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                     18: In the second  form, mv moves each file so  that it resides under
                     19: directory.  If a file with the new name exists but is unwritable,
                     20: mv will not delete it unless the -f option is specified.
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                     22: mv will not copy  directories between devices and will not remove
                     23: directories that occupy the destination of the command.
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                     25: Normally, mv creates a link to the old file with the new file and
                     26: then removes  the old file.  If it cannot  create the link (e.g.,
                     27: because the new file is on a different file system than the old),
                     28: mv performs a copy and then removes the old file.
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                     30: ***** See Also *****
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                     32: commands, cp, ln
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                     34: ***** Notes *****
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                     36: mv tests the validity of  directory moves by means of search per-
                     37: mission.  The superuser always has search permission and thus can
                     38: use mv incorrectly.
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