How do I use the 'mv' command??

Use the following:

sudo mv encode-handheld-5.2.pl /usr/local/bin/

You may need to drag the file into the Terminal window instead of typing out its name. As with all Terminal commands that work with existing paths, you need to provide the correct path.

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/usr/local/bin

*nix is case sensitive & there's no 'e' in usr

In addition to the error in your destination path, there's also the question of whether the file you're moving is actually in the current working directory. That typically defaults to your home folder, so if the file in question isn't there, you'll need to provide a full path to it, or use the cd command to change the working directory. For example, if you downloaded this file to your desktop, you'd use:

sudo mv ~/Desktop/encode-handheld-5.2.pl /usr/local/bin/

Note that you can insert the path to a file, if you aren't sure what it is, by simply dropping the file on the Terminal window.

Thanks - I'd intended mentioning the drag the file into the terminal window trick. It is one of the many nice things about the terminal.

For future reference - try using the "man" command. Most of the key Unix commands are located and described with a built-in manual called "man". Just type "man" and whatever command you need to find the syntax for. For example, try "man mkdir", "man ls-a" or "man cat"

For future reference - try using the "man" command.

I believe that's where the "usage" text Albert posted came from. Aside from that, though, the man pages don't tell you everything about how to use a command, and are often quite poorly written and difficult to understand.

man is like any other documentation written by engineers: to understand the documentation you need to already know how to do what you are looking up.

It isn't; the man text doesn't contain 'usage' in that context, but the error message sometimes created by mv does.

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In the Finder select the Go menu and Go to folder...

There type /usr/local/bin to open the directory.

You are still not providing the path to the file you're moving. Did you read my earlier response? Are you sure this file is in the current working directory? Try the "ls" command (that's lowercase "LS"). Do you see that file? If not, follow my earlier directions.

As to whether the /usr/local/bin directory exists, it should, but you can check with:

ls -al /usr/local/bin

If you get an error, the directory does not exist for some reason, which means your system is in an uncertain state.

BTW, meaning no offense, if you don't know all this stuff, you should be very, very cautious when using the Terminal. It is a very dangerous place to those who don't have some idea what they're doing. You can irreparably damage your system (requiring a reinstall) and even destroy your data with very minor typos.

Well, of course you know... it told you it doesn't exist:

ls: /usr/local/bin: No such file or directory

That tells you that folder is missing. Try doing this:

sudo mkdir /usr/local/bin

Then re-try the mv command.