On Sat, 10 Feb 2007, Michael Havens wrote:
> Simple question: I want to rename a file. So I type:
>
> mv <file> <newfile>
>
> It responds with telling me newfile is not a directory. I inspected man
> mv and it seems I need to add the T option. Is this correct? (I don't
> want to screw up the other files in the diredctory)
No you do not need the -T option.
You may want to show us the real command with arguments you typed.
Normally, you get the error about not being a directory when you have more
than two arguments and the final argument (the target) is not a directory.
Jeremy C. Reed
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