'mv' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file

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I have forked a php application .they have instructed as follows.

1.Application uses:

  • PHP 7.1.3
  • composer
  • laravel
  • MySql or PostgreSQL

I have installed everything as per instructions.

  1. Install and configure application by running following commands

    composer install

    mv .env.example .env

When I run mv .env.example .env as per instructions i get the following error

'mv' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.

any help or suggestions will be helpfull

1 Answers

mv is a Unix command and I think you are using windows. You have 2 options:

  1. Installing Git bash and in the bash use mv command.

  2. Using Windows move command.

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