so I wanted to change a folders name from uppercase letters to lowercase letters, so I did
mv FOLDER folder
why am I not required to make a new folder? Shouldn't I get an error like
folder does not exist
you can't copy into a folder that doesn't exist, so why can you move into one??
Best Answer
There is a difference between:
Where newfolder does not exist, and:
Where newfolder does not exist.
The first gives:
Whereas the second will rename oldfolder to newfolder.