On 7/1/23 14:12, Sergey Ponomarev wrote:
> To rename a file a user need to use mv command and specify the DEST dir:
>
>      mv /some/very/long/path/file /some/very/long/path/
>
> This makes it not so easy to use when typing a command but also makes a
> script line longer.

Assuming you meant

  $ mv /some/very/long/path/file /some/very/long/path/file2

as in the other example - this could be done with:

  $ cd /some/very/long/path && mv file file2

or (with GNU coreutils' env):

  $ env -C /some/very/long/path mv file file2

Have a nice day,
Berny

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