Example uses of the Linux Command "mv"

The "mv" command is commonly used for renaming a file and/or moving a file to another directory (folder).

To rename the file "titles.txt" in the current directory to "music_collection.txt" you would type

 mv titles.txt music_collection.txt 

To move the file "students.txt" from the current directory to the directory "/school" you can enter

 mv students.txt school/. 

The "." at the end means: place here without renaming. If you want to move and rename a file a file at the same time you would type:

 mv students.txt school/2nd_grade.txt