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Lol, I think it stands for "move" because you can do something like "mv foo bar/foo", but you can also use it to rename with mv foo bar.
by poopypoopington 5y ago
Lol, I think it stands for "move" because you can do something like "mv foo bar/foo", but you can also use it to rename with mv foo bar.
- silisili 5y agoThis one always bothered me a little, pedantically. mv should, well, physically move things. It does when you cross partition or disk boundaries, of course. But doesn't when using it like a rename. I get the point, it just feels strange.
- _jstreet 5y agoThe logic alternative would be 'rename', so... 'rn'? The issue there is that's dangerously close to 'rm'! I'll stick to 'mv' thanks.