mv

Syntax

mv <remote-file>... <remote-target>

Moves files and directories within the server, or renames them. The last argument is the destination:

• a directory with a trailing / keeps the names;
• a plain name renames a single file;
• an operation mask such as *.old renames each file it is applied to.

A directory and a name or mask can be combined: /srv/archive/*.old. The sources may contain masks. mv does not replace an existing file at the destination.

Also available as rename.

Affected by

failonnomatch (see option).

Examples

mv /var/www/html/index.html /var/www/html/index.old
mv /srv/incoming/*.csv /srv/processed/