whats the command to change or rename files in linux shell commands

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whats the command to change or rename files in linux shell commands
Post Description: whats the command to change or rename files in linux shell commands
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This Post Was Posted On Feb 29, 2008 By apck #2134
hi, i need to rename a file in my linux shell, can you tell me how can rename a file?

i have a file called myusers.php and i want to change it to mynewusers.php

thnkas
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hostman
#2210 1
yup,
its easy to do to rename the file you are talking about here, this is the commmand:

mv myusers.php mynewusers.php

here are more instructions:

NAME
mv - move (rename) files

SYNOPSIS
mv [OPTION]... [-T] SOURCE DEST
mv [OPTION]... SOURCE... DIRECTORY
mv [OPTION]... -t DIRECTORY SOURCE...

DESCRIPTION
Rename SOURCE to DEST, or move SOURCE(s) to DIRECTORY.

Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options
too.

--backup[=CONTROL]
make a backup of each existing destination file

-b like --backup but does not accept an argument

-f, --force
do not prompt before overwriting

-i, --interactive
prompt before overwrite

--strip-trailing-slashes remove any trailing slashes from each SOURCE
argument

-S, --suffix=SUFFIX
override the usual backup suffix

-t, --target-directory=DIRECTORY
move all SOURCE arguments into DIRECTORY

-T, --no-target-directory
treat DEST as a normal file

-u, --update
move only when the SOURCE file is newer than the destination
file or when the destination file is missing

-v, --verbose
explain what is being done

--help display this help and exit

--version
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