mv

Move files and folders.

SYNTAX

     mv [options] source_file target_file

     mv [options] source_folder target_folder

OPTIONS
     -n	     Do not overwrite any existing file.

     -i	     Prompt before moving a file that would overwrite an existing file.
	     A response `y' or `Y', will allow the move to proceed
	    (writes to standard error)

     -f	     Always Overwrite destination files
             (Do not prompt for confirmation)

     -v	     Verbose, show filenames.

The -n and -v options are non-standard and their use in scripts is not recommended.

EXAMPLES

Move all files with names ending in ".jpg" from the current folder
to the Documents directory
  mv *.jpg ~/Documents

Move the "Documents" folder to "Documents backup".
  mv Documents "Documents backup"
quotes are needed because of the space in the folder name.

Renaming a bunch of file extensions
e.g. change *.txt into *.htm
  for f in *.txt; do mv ./"$f" "${f%txt}htm"; done 

Related commands:

cp - Copy files
CpMac - Copy a file while preserving metadata and forks (Developer Tools)
copy - Copy groups of files in folders
dd - Data Dump - convert and copy a file (use for RAW storage)
install - Copy files and set attributes
MvMac - Copy a filewhile preserving metadata and forks (Developer Tools)
tar - store or extract files to an archive (allows symbolic links to be copied as links)

Equivalent BASH command:

mv - Copy Files