move

This command moves the source file to the named destination file. This command can be used to rename a file. The move command fails if the destination already exists, if the source file doesn’t exist, or if the move fails for any other reason.

On Windows, to ensure the file inherits the permissions of the destination folder, we recommend using the copy command (or copy and delete) instead of the move command.

Syntax

move <source> <destination>

Examples

This command moves and renames the mod.dll file. Note that quotes are necessary for file names and folder names with spaces in them.

move "c:\program files\bigsoftware\module.dll" "c:\temp\mod.dll"

This script first deletes the file, then moves it back in place from another location.

delete "c:\updates\q312456.exe"
move "__Download\q312456.exe" "c:\updates\q312456.exe"

This command moves the file /test/my-file.txt into the file /temp/ハロー in UTF-8 encoding.

binary name move {"/test/my-file.txt" as binary_string as hexadecimal} {("/temp/" as binary_string as hexadecimal) & "e3838fe383ade383bc"}

Notes

It’s good practice to enclose file paths in quotes to preserve spaces. Without quotes, the file system will not be able to access files with spaces in the path or file name.