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Is this command serve the purpose of renaming

This is a discussion on Is this command serve the purpose of renaming within the Unix/Linux forums, part of the Operating Systems category; Is it possible to rename files or directories using mv command in Linux. I know that mv command is used for moving files or directories around the file system. But ...

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#1 (permalink)   08-29-2006

christia Contributing Member   Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 65 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts

Is this command serve the purpose of renaming Is it possible to rename files or directories using mv command in Linux. I know that mv command is used for moving files or directories around the file system. But what about renaming. Can we use this command for this purpose

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#2 (permalink)   09-09-2006

StephenRaj Contributing Member   Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 58 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post

Re: Is this command serve the purpose of renaming Actually mv command is called as rename command and is used for renaming files or directories. The general syntax of this command is #mv geek1 geek2 The above renames file geek1 to geek2. mv command is used not only to rename files. It is also used to rename directories.

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