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rclone — Copy, synchronize, or move files and directories to and from many cloud services. More information:

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Problem

How to use the rclone command: Copy, synchronize, or move files and directories to and from many cloud services. More information: <https://rclone.org/commands/rclone/>.

Solution

rclone — Copy, synchronize, or move files and directories to and from many cloud services. More information: <https://rclone.org/commands/rclone/>.

Launch an interactive menu to setup rclone:

rclone config

List contents of a directory on an rclone remote:

rclone lsf {{remote_name}}:{{path/to/directory}}

Copy a file or directory from the local machine to the remote destination:

rclone copy {{path/to/source_file_or_directory}} {{remote_name}}:{{path/to/directory}}

Copy files changed within the past 24 hours to a remote from the local machine, asking the user to confirm each file:

rclone copy {{[-i|--interactive]}} --max-age 24h {{remote_name}}:{{path/to/directory}} {{path/to/local_directory}}

Mirror a specific file or directory (Note: Unlike copy, sync removes files from the remote if it does not exist locally):

rclone sync {{path/to/file_or_directory}} {{remote_name}}:{{path/to/directory}}

Delete a remote file or directory (Note: --dry-run means test, remove it from the command to actually delete):

rclone {{[-n|--dry-run]}} delete {{remote_name}}:{{path/to/file_or_directory}}

Mount rclone remote (experimental):

rclone mount {{remote_name}}:{{path/to/directory}} {{path/to/mount_point}}

Unmount rclone remote if <Ctrl c> fails (experimental):

fusermount {{[-u|--update]}} {{path/to/mount_point}}

Code Snippets

Launch an interactive menu to setup rclone

rclone config

List contents of a directory on an rclone remote

rclone lsf {{remote_name}}:{{path/to/directory}}

Copy a file or directory from the local machine to the remote destination

rclone copy {{path/to/source_file_or_directory}} {{remote_name}}:{{path/to/directory}}

Copy files changed within the past 24 hours to a remote from the local machine, asking the user to confirm each file

rclone copy {{[-i|--interactive]}} --max-age 24h {{remote_name}}:{{path/to/directory}} {{path/to/local_directory}}

Mirror a specific file or directory (Note: Unlike copy, sync removes files from the remote if it does not exist locally)

rclone sync {{path/to/file_or_directory}} {{remote_name}}:{{path/to/directory}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/rclone

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