The following question may require you to experiment with the command mv or read the man page for mv.
Assume that file apples exists in the current directory, and file oranges does not, what is the effect of the command mv apples oranges ?

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The following question may require you to experiment with the command  mv  or read the  man page  for mv. 
 Assume that file  apples  exists in the current directory, and file  oranges  does not, what is the effect of the command  mv apples oranges ?

Accepted Answer

The  apples  entry in the current directory is removed and a new entry  oranges  is created, pointing to the same file. In short, the original file is renamed.

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A new file called  oranges  is created in the current directory and the data in file  apples  is copied into  oranges . The original file  apples  is retained.

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A new file called  oranges  is created in the current directory with identical access permissions to the file  apples , but no data is copied into  oranges . The original file  apples  is deleted.

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A new file called  oranges  is created in the current directory with identical access permissions to the file  apples , but no data is copied into  oranges . The original file  apples  is retained.

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A new file called  oranges  is created in the current directory and the data in file  apples  is copied into  oranges . The original file  apples  is backed up.

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