# Install mmv with Homebrew, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, zypper, winget Move, copy, append, and link multiple files. Version 2.10 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install mmv. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:mmv ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install mmv ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install mmv ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/mmv/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install mmv ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: mmv from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install mmv ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: mmv from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#mmv ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/mm/mmv/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install mmv ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: mmv from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst ### Windows - winget (92%): ```sh winget install --id goreleaser.mcp -e ``` Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: goreleaser.mcp from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:mmv - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Version:** 2.10 - **Source summary:** Move, copy, append, and link multiple files - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00 ## Executables - mad (alias) - mcp (alias) - mln (alias) - mmv (alias) ## Install behavior - Bottle: not available ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-08-03 - Package-manager version: 2.10 ## Project history and usage mmv is a long-lived Unix command-line utility for moving, copying, appending, and linking groups of files by wildcard pattern. The maintained GitHub repository credits Vladimir Lanin as the original author and Reuben Thomas as maintainer. Its core idea is older and narrower than editor-driven bulk renamers: a source pattern captures wildcard groups, and a target pattern reuses them, so commands such as mass extension swaps or filename rearrangements can be expressed in one operation. ### Project history The distinctive feature is safety planning. The README and manpage both emphasize that mmv checks the whole multiple-file operation before doing it, avoiding unexpected deletion from target collisions and giving the user a chance to abort or skip offending parts. The installed command names also map to default tasks: `mmv` moves, `mcp` copies, `mad` appends, and `mln` links. That makes the Homebrew package a small POSIX-oriented file-management tool rather than a shell builtin replacement. ### How it is used Its adoption is typical of classic Unix utilities: it appears in Linux distributions, MacPorts, Nix, Homebrew, and other package sets, and it is referenced in shell and Unix communities for batch renaming problems that plain `mv` does not solve. The package remains useful when a user wants predictable wildcard-based renaming without opening an editor or writing a one-off shell loop. ### Sources - - - - - ## Security Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - mmv - 2.5.1-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: mmv from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Move/Copy/Link multiple files and directories | https://github.com/rrthomas/mmv - Nix - mmv: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/mm/mmv/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt - mmv - 2.5.1-1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: mmv from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Move/Copy/Link multiple files and directories | https://github.com/rrthomas/mmv - dnf - mmv - 2.10-4.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: mmv from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Move/copy/link multiple files | https://github.com/rrthomas/mmv - zypper - mmv - 2.10-1.6: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: mmv from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Move/Copy/Append/Link Multiple Files by Wildcard Patterns | https://github.com/rrthomas/mmv/ - MacPorts - mmv: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/mmv/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - winget - goreleaser.mcp: installed executable or alias match | Windows Package Manager source index: goreleaser.mcp from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/mmv.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/mmv.yml) ## Sources - pkg.so package database - Geiger risk classifier - curated package history - pkgdb category and tag curation - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph