移動指令moveは文書行の並べ替えを行う。

     /format/m/end/-1p

とすると、最初に見つけた"format"を含む行を　"end"を含む行の1行前に移動し、印刷する。

先に示したdocmdの該当部分は、つぎのようになる。

      else if (lin(i) == MOVECOM) {
          i = i + 1
          if (getone(lin,i,line3,status) == EOF)
              status = ERR
          if (status == OK)
              if (ckp(lin,i,pflag,status) == OK)
                  if (defalt(curlin,curln,status) == OK)
                      status = move(line3)
          }

RATFOR版move()はは、以下の通り。

# move.r4 -- move line1 through line2 after line3
      integer function move(line3)
      integer line3

      integer getind,nextln,prevln
      integer k0,k1,k2,k3,k4,k5

      include clines.ri

      if (line1 <= 0 | (line1 <= line3 & line3 <= line2)) then
         move = ERR
      else
          k0 = getind(prevln(line1))
          k3 = getind(nextln(line2))
          k1 = getind(line1)
          k2 = getind(line2)
          call relink(k0,k3,k0,k3)
          if (line3 < line1) {
              curln = line3
              line3 = line3 - (line2 - line1 + 1)
              }
          else
              curln = line3 + (line2 - line1 + 1)
          k4 = getind(line3)
          k5 = getind(nextln(line3))
          call relink(k4,k1,k2,k5)
          call relink(k2,k5,k4,k1)
          move = OK
      end if
      return
      end

WATCOM fortran 77版move()は、以下の通り。

c move.f -- move line1 through line2 after line3
      integer function move(line3)
      integer line3

      integer getind,nextln,prevln
      integer k0,k1,k2,k3,k4,k5

      include clines.fi

      if ((line1 .le. 0)
     1 .or. (line1 .le. line3 .and. line3 .le. line2)) then
         move = -3                      ! ERR(-3)
      else
          k0 = getind(prevln(line1))
          k3 = getind(nextln(line2))
          k1 = getind(line1)
          k2 = getind(line2)
          call relink(k0,k3,k0,k3)
          if (line3 .gt. line1) then
              curln = line3
              line3 = line3 - (line2 - line1 + 1)
          else
              curln = line3 + (line2 - line1 + 1)
          end if
          k4 = getind(line3)
          k5 = getind(nextln(line3))
          call relink(k4,k1,k2,k5)
          call relink(k2,k5,k4,k1)
          move = -2                     ! OK(-2)
      end if
      return
      end