Linux Command Line Tutorial For Beginners 9 - mv command Video Lecture | Complete Linux Course: Become a Linux Professional - Software Development

I know guys welcome to the next video on
Linux command line to troll for
beginners and in this video we will see
how we can use MV command in Linux so
let's get started I will just press ctrl
alt T to open my terminal and you can
see on my desktop I have a directory and
a file right so first of all I will
browse to my directory using CD command
and press enter and I can LS here and I
can see I have directory 1 and file 1
now to use MB c'mon we have this option
so you use MV command with some options
and then you have a source and then a
destination
ok so first you use MV as a command then
you can use options like - V or - I or -
F then comes your source file it can be
one or many files or directories and
then comes the destination file or
directory ok so let's see how we can use
it so first of all I have this file 1
and I want to use MV command to change
the name of this file for example so I
will just use MV and then the name of
the file and then I will just give some
other name to the file for example file
2 dot txt ok and press enter and you
will see here this file becomes file -
ok
and the content of the file will remain
the same so I can use cat cat command -
you know display the content of the file
so just use cat and I have this you know
content in my file 1 which is also
transferred to the file 2 now for
example I want to create a new file and
move the content of file 2 to file you
know 3 for example
and I want to just you know transfer all
the content of file to to file three so
I can just use MV and then file to which
is a source and then I can just write
file three dot txt here and press enter
and you will observe here that file 2 is
gone now and file 3 is created and the
content of the file we can check is the
same as file 2 because it has changed
the name of the file and moved the
content of the file to file 3 so if the
file doesn't really exist then it's
going to create the file the simple you
know formula of this now for example I
want to move for this file 3 to direct G
1 I can just use MV and then on the file
name and then my directory name right
now for example I will just open this
directory and you can see here file 2 is
already there and I'm going to transfer
file 3 also there right so I will just
press Enter MV and the file name and the
destination name and then I will LS
directory 1 and let's see the content of
it and you can see now it has file - and
file 3 both ok so in this way you can
transfer the file or move the file to
our directory using the move command ok
now for example I will create a new file
for example file 3 once again so I will
just say file 3 dot txt and this is a
new file I want to create on the desktop
and that content for example will be
some random text here ok and I will just
press control D to end the file so this
is file 3 and I want to move this file
to directory 1 which already have file 3
so let's see what happens now this file
3 new file contains random
next and the old file which is in the
directory tree contains this kind of
text I can show you this kind of text
right so now what I want is I want to
transfer this file three to the
directory one so I can just use MV and
then I can use the name of the file and
once again what I have done is I've
given the destination with name which is
directory one right now let me open the
directory one and we will see what
happens and the result of it so I will
just press ENTER and it will move the
content of file three which is on the
desktop to the directory one and what
happens here is it will overwrite so the
file three which was there on the
desktop is you know overwritten and this
file in the directory one is overwritten
by the desktop file three okay so I can
just cat there one file three for
example and the content will be the
random content which we have given which
is the new file three which we have
created right so if you want to you know
move the file which already exists then
it will overwrite the file okay so for
example once again let's see an example
but this time what we are going to do is
we are going to you know do it with the
some command so first of all I will
create once again file three and this
time I will once again give some random
text here and press control D and this
time instead of using this command like
this I will use a flag I and flag I or
minus I stands for interactive mode so
it will ask you if you want to overwrite
the file which was already present in
the directory one with the same name so
I'm going to just
press ENTER and you can see it will ask
me if I want to overwrite and when I
press Y and press Enter is going to
overwrite the file or if I have press N
and press Enter
it's not going to overwrite the file
which was already there in directory 1
right so I will press N and it will not
overwrite ok let me clear the terminal
now let's create our directory okay so
what I'm going to do is I will just use
mkdir command which we have learned in
the previous video and I will create a
directory - for example oops the command
was wrong it was mkdir not Mak dir ok
I was going to create this directory -
right now for example I want to transfer
the directory inside the directory - so
for example I want to transfer the
directory one inside directory - I can
use the Move command so I can just write
directory 1 and V directory one which is
my source and I want to move it inside
directory - so I can just write the
destination name which is directly - and
by the way type 2 2 is right now empty
you can see there is no content inside
this and when I press this command and
press Enter is going to move directly
one inside directly - so we can just LS
inside the directory - and you can see
directory 1 is there and inside directly
1 there was some file right so I can
just write directly 1 directly - and
inside that I have directly 1 and I can
Alice the you know files inside the
directory 1 like this and you can see
the content is also moved with the
directory ok so you can you know move
the directory and its content using MV
command also now let's see what happens
the directory which we you know want to
move this directory to doesn't really
exist
right so I will just use MV and I will
just write directed to and I will I want
to create a new directory and move the
content to this directory tree right so
when you do this press enter the name of
the directory is changed and content is
moved to this directory tree and the
directory to is you know disappearing
right so if the directory doesn't exist
it's going to create a directory and
then move the content of the directory
inside directory 3 so it will not move
the directly true inside directory tree
but the content of directory to inside
directory tree so you can see there is
no directory - inside directory tree
it's going to create the directory and
you can say it's like renaming the
directory if the directory doesn't
really exist and if the directory
already exists then it's going to
transfer directly to inside directory 3
ok so I hope you understood the this
basic concept which I want to convey
here right now there are many command
which we are you know can use for
example mb - me for verbose and for
example once again i want to transfer
the file 3 to the directory so i will
just give the directory name and press
enter and gives you you know though you
know explanation what this command has
done so it has moved this file 3 to the
directory 3 right and it has overwritten
this thing right and there are many
commands and this command you can you
know know by using this command which
say which is man and then MV command ok
so just write man and mb and it's going
to key
view the whole you know description of
using MV command right so you can use -
be with MV command or - F with FB
command I we have already seen and these
are the description of all the flags and
you know options you have with MV
command
so just use this and you know read these
descriptions and you will be good to go
so I hope you have enjoyed this video
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