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 Documented in Volume 1 of the UNIX Programmers Manual.

 % mv oldfile newfile
  moves the file named oldfile into the file named newfile.
  (This is actually a simple rename: newfile becomes the name
  of oldfile.)

 % mv *.f ~/src
  moves all files in the current directory whose names end with '.f'
  to the subdirectory named 'src' in your login directory.

 % mv -i fromfile tofile
   prompts if the destination file named tofile already exists.

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