# Move a file from one place to another mv ~/Desktop/foo.txt ~/Documents/foo.txt # Move a file from one place to another and automatically overwrite if the destination file exists # (This will override any previous -i or -n args) mv -f ~/Desktop/foo.txt ~/Documents/foo.txt # Move a file from one place to another but ask before overwriting an existing file # (This will override any previous -f or -n args) mv -i ~/Desktop/foo.txt ~/Documents/foo.txt # Move a file from one place to another but never overwrite anything # (This will override any previous -f or -i args) mv -n ~/Desktop/foo.txt ~/Documents/foo.txt