MOVE [/Y | /-Y] [drive:][path]dirname1 dirname2

• [drive:][path]filename1 –
  Specifies the location and name of the file or files you want to move.
• destination –
  Specifies the new location of the file. The destination can consist of a drive letter and colon, a directory name, or a combination. If you are moving only one file, you can also include a filename if you want to rename the file when you move it.
• [drive:][path]dirname1 –
  Specifies the directory you want to rename.
• dirname2 –
  Specifies the new name of the directory.
• /Y –
  Suppresses prompting to confirm you want to overwrite an existing destination file.
• /Y –
  Causes prompting to confirm you want to overwrite an existing destination file.

Using the Command:
Throughout this section, we would take the following directory as example for demonstrating the usage of move command.

Moving a File from One Folder to Another:

move source_path destination_path

• source_path –
  It is the path of the file which we are willing to move, and the destination_path is the location to which we want the file to be moved.

• The Dir /b command is used to list all the files and folders inside a directory.
• In the above example, we have moved an extension-less file named salute from C:\suga to C:\suga\apples directory.