mv

Unix command that moves one or more files or directories from one place to another
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mv

Summary

mv is a standard UNIX utility or command[1]. mv draws 42 Wikipedia views per month (standard_unix_utility_or_command category, ranking #51 of 124).[2]

Key Facts

  • mv's image is recorded as Mv example.png[3].
  • mv's instance of is recorded as standard UNIX utility or command[4].
  • mv's part of is recorded as GNU Core Utilities[5].
  • mv's has use is recorded as file move[6].
  • mv's has use is recorded as file rename[7].
  • mv's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04gy2f[8].
  • mv's described at URL is recorded as http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/mv.html[9].
  • mv's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/mv[10].
  • mv's different from is recorded as move[11].
  • mv's reads environment variable is recorded as LANG[12].
  • mv's reads environment variable is recorded as LC_ALL[13].
  • mv's reads environment variable is recorded as LC_COLLATE[14].
  • mv's reads environment variable is recorded as LC_CTYPE[15].
  • mv's reads environment variable is recorded as LC_MESSAGES[16].
  • mv's reads environment variable is recorded as NLSPATH[17].
  • mv's has command line option is recorded as f[18].
  • mv's has command line option is recorded as i[19].
  • mv's man page is recorded as mv.1[20].

Body

Publication

mv's part of is recorded as GNU Core Utilities[5].

Why It Matters

mv draws 42 Wikipedia views per month (standard_unix_utility_or_command category, ranking #51 of 124).[2] mv has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] mv is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . GNU.org. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). mv. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/mv
MLA “mv.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/mv.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_mv_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{mv}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/mv}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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