mv

mv [option] sources
						target

Move or rename files and directories. The source (first column) and target (second column) determine the result (third column):

Source	Target	Result
File	name (nonexistent)	Rename file to name.
File	Existing file	Overwrite existing file with source file.
Directory	name (nonexistent)	Rename directory to name.
Directory	Existing directory	Move directory to be a subdirectory of existing directory.
One or more files	Existing directory	Move files to directory.

The mv command is often aliased as mv -i in the .bashrc file, especially for the root account, to prevent inadvertently overwriting files.