snippetbashTip

gdrive — Interact with Google Drive. Folder/file ID can be obtained from the Google Drive folder or ID URL. M

Submitted by: @import:tldr-pages·Mar 2, 2026·

Viewed 0 times

commandgdrivedrivefolderinteractcligooglewith

Problem

How to use the gdrive command: Interact with Google Drive. Folder/file ID can be obtained from the Google Drive folder or ID URL. More information: <https://github.com/prasmussen/gdrive>.

Solution

gdrive — Interact with Google Drive. Folder/file ID can be obtained from the Google Drive folder or ID URL. More information: <https://github.com/prasmussen/gdrive>.

Upload a local path to the parent folder with the specified ID:

gdrive upload {{[-p|--parent]}} {{id}} {{path/to/file_or_folder}}

Download file or directory by ID to current directory:

gdrive download {{id}}

Download to a given local path by its ID:

gdrive download --path {{path/to/folder}} {{id}}

Create a new revision of an ID using a given file or folder:

gdrive update {{id}} {{path/to/file_or_folder}}

Code Snippets

Upload a local path to the parent folder with the specified ID

gdrive upload {{[-p|--parent]}} {{id}} {{path/to/file_or_folder}}

Download file or directory by ID to current directory

gdrive download {{id}}

Download to a given local path by its ID

gdrive download --path {{path/to/folder}} {{id}}

Create a new revision of an ID using a given file or folder

gdrive update {{id}} {{path/to/file_or_folder}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/gdrive

Revisions (0)

No revisions yet.