Moving multiple files

You can also move multiple files the same way you can copy multiple files. For example, you can move the three files apple.txt, banana.txt, and carrot.txt from /tmp to /home/elliot/d1 as follows:

elliot@ubuntu-linux:/tmp$ mv apple.txt banana.txt carrot.txt /home/elliot/d1
elliot@ubuntu-linux:/tmp$ ls
cats2.txt cats.txt cities copycats.txt d1 d2 d3
elliot@ubuntu-linux:/tmp$ cd /home/elliot/d1
elliot@ubuntu-linux:~/d1$ ls
apple.txt banana.txt carrot.txt
elliot@ubuntu-linux:~/d1$

As you can see, the three files apple.txt, banana.txt, and carrot.txt are no longer located in /tmp as they all moved to /home/elliot/d1. In general, the mv command follows the syntax:

mv source_file(s) destination