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by tmp538394722 1638 days ago
“mv” - it stands for renaMe(v)
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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.
This 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.
The logic alternative would be 'rename', so... 'rn'?

The issue there is that's dangerously close to 'rm'! I'll stick to 'mv' thanks.

Well "dd" stands for copy & convert ...