---
name: "e2mv"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "e2tools"
version: "0.1.2-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/e2mv"
---

# e2mv(1)

moves or renames files on an ext2fs filesystem

## NAME

e2mv - moves or renames files on an ext2fs filesystem

## SYNOPSIS

**e2mv** \[*options*\] *files... dest*

## DESCRIPTION

The **e2mv** command moves or renames files on an ext2fs filesystem. The source files must be explicitly stated. It does not use regular expressions, yet.

## OPTIONS

- **-f**

  Force the operation to remove any existing files.

- **-s**

  Swap names of the two files.

- **-v**

  Be verbose.

## EXAMPLES

Rename a file:

    e2cp -v /tmp/boot.img:/boot/grub/grub.conf /boot/grub/grub.conf.old

If \`/boot/grub/grub.conf.old\` already exists and is not a directory, this will fail.  Use \`-f\` to force removal.

Move a file to a different directory (\`/data/processed\`):

    e2cp -v /dev/hdb1:/data/input0.txt /data/processed

To swap the names of two files:

    e2cp -vs /tmp/boot.img:/boot/grub/grub.conf /boot/grub/grub.conf.bk

To swap two files and use a new name for the first one:

    e2cp -vs boot.img:/boot/grub/grub.conf /boot/grub/grub.c2 /boot/grub/grub.c1

    \`/boot/grub/grub.conf\` is now \`/boot/grub/grub.c1\` and\
     \`/boot/grub/grub.c2\`   is now \`/boot/grub/grub.conf\`

## SEE ALSO

[**e2tools**(7)](/e2tools/7.md), [**e2ln**(1)](/e2ln/1.md), [**e2ls**(1)](/e2ls/1.md), [**e2mkdir**(1)](/e2mkdir/1.md), [**e2cp**(1)](/e2cp/1.md), [**e2rm**(1)](/e2rm/1.md), [**e2tail**(1)](/e2tail/1.md).

## AUTHOR

The **e2tools** were written by Keith Sheffield \<sheff@pobox.com\>.

This manual page was written by Lucas Wall \<lwall@debian.org\>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others).