Manual:Pywikipediabot/movepages.py

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This script can move pages.

These command line parameters can be used to specify which pages to work on:

&params;

Furthermore, the following command line parameters are supported:

-from and -to     The page to move from and the page to move to.
 
-noredirect       Leave no redirect behind.
 
-prefix           Move pages by adding a namespace prefix to the names of the pages.
                  (Will remove the old namespace prefix if any)
                  Argument can also be given as "-prefix:namespace:".
 
-always           Don't prompt to make changes, just do them.
 
-skipredirects    Skip redirect pages (Warning: increases server load)
 
-summary          Prompt for a custom summary, bypassing the predefined message
                  texts.
                  Argument can also be given as "-summary:XYZ".
 
-pairs            Read pairs of file names from a file. The file must be in a format
                   [[frompage]]
                   [[topage]]
                   [[frompage]]
                   [[topage]]
                   ...
                  Argument can also be given as "-pairs:filename"