To move SOURCE directory to a DEST directory use the mv command as follows:
In this example, move /home/vivek/data/ directory to /nas/home/vivek/archived/ directory:
mv source dest
mv /path/to/source /path/to/dest
$ mv /home/vivek/data/ /nas/home/vivek/archived/
OR
$ cd /home/vivek
$ mv data/ /nas/home/vivek/archived/
To get verbose output (explain what is being done), type:
$ mv -v /home/vivek/data/ /nas/home/vivek/archived/
How do I Move Multiple Directories?
Use the following syntax to move dir1 and dir2 to /path/to/dest/ directory:$ mv -v dir1 dir2 /path/to/dest/
$ ls -l /path/to/dest/
OR use the following syntax:
$ mv -v /home/vivek/dir1/ /home/vivek/dir2/ -t /nas/home/vivek/archived/
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