Oh.  Um.  Hm.

I certainly wasn't thinking of a shell command that manipulates files and 
folders as part of an algorithmic language.  Not sure I'm willing to cede that 
point; it's a different thing, surely?

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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf 
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> 
POSIX shell:  mv old/path/name new/path/name

--- On Sat, 18 Jul 2020 02:30:33 -0400, Bob Bridges wrote:
>Am I missing something obvious, here?  In what computer language(s) is a move 
>not actually a copy?  And how?

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