macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install mmvlocal Homebrew formula metadata
MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install mmvMacPorts ports tree · sysutils/mmv/Portfile · source: api.github.com
brew
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.
install
Additional install commands
Linux
Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install mmvDebian stable package indexes · mmv · source: deb.debian.org
Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install mmvFedora Rawhide package metadata · mmv · source: dl.fedoraproject.org
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#mmvnixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/mm/mmv/package.nix · source: api.github.com
openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install mmvopenSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · mmv · source: download.opensuse.org
Windows
Windows Package Managerverified · 92%
winget install --id goreleaser.mcp -eWindows Package Manager source index · goreleaser.mcp · source: cdn.winget.microsoft.com
overview
Package summary
Move, copy, append, and link multiple files
Project links
Commands and aliases
- mad
- mcp
- mln
- mmv
history
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 posture
Risk level: green
narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.
Risk classifier
green risk · low confidence · appliance
Why
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals
Signals
- metadata:no-higher-risk-signals
Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 8 platform targets.
- Installs with 1 runtime dependencies.
- Build metadata lists 2 build dependencies.
Recommended review
Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
mad | cli | global executable | |
mcp | cli | global executable | |
mln | cli | global executable | |
mmv | cli | global executable |
freshness
Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-07-08
manager version2.10
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
https://github.com/rrthomas/mmv
- infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
- infoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/rrthomas/mmvnone confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:mmv |
|---|---|
| Version | 2.10 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/mmv |
| Homepage | https://github.com/rrthomas/mmv |
| Repository | https://github.com/rrthomas/mmv |
| Upstream docs | https://github.com/rrthomas/mmv#readme |
| License | GPL-3.0-or-later |
| Source archive | https://github.com/rrthomas/mmv/releases/download/v2.10/mmv-2.10.tar.gz |
| Dependencies | bdw-gc |
| Build dependencies | help2man, pkgconf |
| Bottle | available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux) |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
registry facts
Source database details
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | mmv |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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source database matches
Other package-manager records
Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.
Debian apt95%
mmv 2.5.1-1
Move/Copy/Link multiple files and directories
https://github.com/rrthomas/mmv
sudo apt install mmv- Section: utils
- Architecture: amd64
- 2 dependencies
- 1 optional deps
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Mmv
Nix95%
mmv
nix profile install nixpkgs#mmv- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Mmv
Ubuntu apt95%
mmv 2.5.1-1
Move/Copy/Link multiple files and directories
https://github.com/rrthomas/mmv
sudo apt install mmv- Section: universe/utils
- Architecture: amd64
- 2 dependencies
- 1 optional deps
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Mmv
dnf95%
mmv 2.10-3.fc44
Move/copy/link multiple files
https://github.com/rrthomas/mmv
sudo dnf install mmv- License: GPL-3.0-or-later
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: mmv
- 2 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Mmv
zypper95%
mmv 2.10-1.4
Move/Copy/Append/Link Multiple Files by Wildcard Patterns
https://github.com/rrthomas/mmv/
sudo zypper install mmv- License: GPL-1.0-or-later
- Category: Productivity/File utilities
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: mmv
- 1 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Mmv
MacPorts95%
mmv
sudo port install mmv- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Mmv
winget92%
goreleaser.mcp
winget install --id goreleaser.mcp -e- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Mcp
source trail
Generated from repository data
This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- Nucleus package database
- av.db category and tag curation
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- package relationship graph
- package version freshness
- package-page enrichment