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Re:Ask HN: Why are there so few single-letter command line u... by poopypoopington on Sunday December 19, 2021 @12:12AM (#29611543)
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.
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Re:Ask HN: Why are there so few single-letter command line u... by silisili on Sunday December 19, 2021 @01:50AM (#29612001)
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.
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Re:Ask HN: Why are there so few single-letter command line u... by _jstreet on Sunday December 19, 2021 @04:56AM (#29612676)
The logic alternative would be 'rename', so... 'rn'?

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

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