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

Question

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.

2. Install and configure the application by running the 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 helpful

Answer 1

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.