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mv – Move And Rename Files
The mv command performs both file moving and file renaming, depending on how it is used. In either case, the original filename no longer exists after the operation. mv is used in much the same way as cp:
mv item1 item2
mv item1 item2
to move or rename file or directory “item1” to “item2” or:
mv item... directory
mv item... directory
to move one or more items from one directory to another.