NAME
shtool move - GNU shtool enhanced mv(1) replacement
SYNOPSIS
shtool move
[-v|--verbose]
[-t|--trace]
[-e|--expand]
[-p|--preserve]
src-file
dst-file
DESCRIPTION
This is a mv(1) style command enhanced with the ability to rename
multiple files in a single operation and the ability to detect and not
touch existing equal destinations files, thus preserving timestamps.
OPTIONS
The following command line options are available.
"-v,
Display some processing information.
"-t,
Enable the output of the essential shell commands which are executed.
"-e,
Expand asterisk in src to be used as "CW%n" (where n is
CW1,CW2,...) in dst-file. This is useful for renaming multiple
files at once.
"-p,
Detect src-file and dst-file having equal content and not touch
existing destination files, thus perserving timestamps. This is useful
for applications that monitor timestamps, i.e. suppress make(1L)
repeating actions for unchanged files.
EXAMPLE
# shell script
shtool move -v -e '*.txt' %1.asc
# Makefile
scanner.c: scanner.l
lex scanner.l
shtool move -t -p lex.yy.c scanner.c
HISTORY
The \s-1GNU\s0 shtool move command was originally written by Ralf S.
Engelschall <rse@engelschall.com> in 1999 for \s-1GNU\s0 shtool.
SEE ALSO
shtool(1), mv(1), make(1).
