mv command with recursive option for movig directory trees

[Shivkumar]

looks like recursive move command
"$mv -r olddir newdir" doesn't work.
only "$cp -R sourcedir destinationdir" with recursive option works..right ??
just wanted to move directory and its subdirectory along with files to new locations.

Regards,
Shiv

[Vibhor Kumar Agarwal]

Simple mv will do your job.

mv olddir newdir

Will move your whole olddir to newdir.

[Devender Khatana]

Hi,

-r is not required to be specified for moving directories using mv command. mv takes both filename and directory names as options.

$mv dir1 dir2

$mv filename dir2

Refer man page for further details.

HTH,
Devender

[Vibhor Kumar Agarwal · Accepted solution]

Just to add a thing.

mv is a recursive command.

It changes the inode table, so no need to use the -r option.
All other sub-directories refer via inode only.

[Arunvijai_4]

Hi Shiv,

"-r" is not required to move recursively. Just simple "mv old new" will do the job for you.

You can take a look at # man mv for more information and examples.

-Arun

[Arunvijai_4]

Hi Shiv,

This doc should be helpful to you.

http://www.centos.org/docs/2/rhl-gsg-en-7.2/s1-managing-working-with-files.html

-Arun

[Arturo Galbiati]

Hi Shiv,
simply mv olddir newdir
It moves olddir and all its subdirs to newdir.
HTH,
Art

[Cem Tugrul]

Hi Shiv,

http://docs.hp.com/en/B2355-90164/ch02s05.html
http://docs.hp.com/en/B2355-90164/ch02s13.html