A complete list of rclone commands

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Rclone is a great tool that helps you to transfer data between Local Computer and Cloud, but this tool is mostly used by users who want to transfer or sync data between 2 cloud storage.

Today we have brought you a complete list of Commands that you can use to sync data between local computers to the cloud or even cloud to cloud (remote storage to remote storage).

To copy a file from a remote to a local directory:

rclone copy remote:file.txt /path/to/local/directory/

To copy a file from a local directory to a remote:

rclone copy /path/to/local/file.txt remote:directory/

To copy a directory from a remote to a local directory:

rclone copy remote:directory/ /path/to/local/directory/

To copy a directory from a local directory to a remote:

rclone copy /path/to/local/directory/ remote:directory/

To copy all files from a remote to a local directory:

rclone copy remote:directory/* /path/to/local/directory/

To copy all files from a local directory to a remote:

rclone copy /path/to/local/directory/* remote:directory/

To copy a file from a remote to a local directory and show the transfer progress:

rclone copy remote:file.txt /path/to/local/directory/ --progress

To copy a directory from a remote to a local directory and show the transfer progress:

rclone copy remote:directory/ /path/to/local/directory/ --progress

To copy a file from a remote to a local directory and verify the checksum:

rclone copy remote:file.txt /path/to/local/directory/ --checksum

To copy a directory from a remote to a local directory and verify the checksum:

rclone copy remote:directory/ /path/to/local/directory/ --checksum

To copy a file from a remote to a local directory and preserve the timestamp:

rclone copy remote:file.txt /path/to/local/directory/ --no-update-modtime

To copy a directory from a remote to a local directory and preserve the timestamp:

rclone copy remote:directory/ /path/to/local/directory/ --no-update-modtime

To copy a file from a remote to a local directory and preserve the ownership and permissions:

rclone copy remote:file.txt /path/to/local/directory/ --no-traverse --no-check-dest --no-update-modtime --no-modtime --no-chmod --no-chown

To copy a directory from a remote to a local directory and preserve the ownership and permissions:

rclone copy remote:directory/ /path/to/local/directory/ --no-traverse --no-check-dest --no-update-modtime --no-modtime --no-chmod --no-chown

To copy a file from a remote to a local directory and compress it:

rclone copy remote:file.txt /path/to/local/directory/ --compress

To copy a directory from a remote to a local directory and compress it:

rclone copy remote:directory/ /path/to/local/directory/ --compress

To copy a file from a remote to a local directory and limit the transfer speed:

rclone copy remote:file.txt /path/to/local/directory/ --bwlimit 1M

To copy a directory from a remote to a local directory and limit the transfer speed:

rclone copy remote:directory/ /path/to/local/directory/ --bwlimit 1M

To copy a file from a remote to a local directory and exclude files that match a pattern:

rclone copy remote:file.txt /path/to/local/directory/ --exclude ".txt"

To copy a directory from a remote to a local directory and exclude files that match a pattern:

rclone copy remote:directory/ /path/to/local/directory/ --exclude ".txt"

To copy a file from a remote to a local directory and include only files that match a pattern:

rclone copy remote:file.txt /path/to/local/directory/ --include ".jpg"

To copy a directory from a remote to a local directory and include only files that match a pattern:

rclone copy remote:directory/ /path/to/local/directory/ --include ".jpg"

To copy a file from a remote to a local directory and delete it from the remote:

rclone move remote:file.txt /path/to/local/directory/

To copy a directory from a remote to a local directory and delete it from the remote:

rclone move remote:directory/ /path/to/local/directory/

To copy a file from a remote to a local directory and delete it from the remote if the transfer is successful:

rclone move remote:file.txt /path/to/local/directory/ --delete-empty-src-dirs

To copy a directory from a remote to a local directory and delete it from the remote if the transfer is successful:

rclone move remote:directory/ /path/to/local/directory/ --delete-empty-src-dirs

To copy a file from a remote to a local directory and rename it:

rclone copy remote:file.txt /path/to/local/directory/new_name.txt

To copy a directory from a remote to a local directory and rename it:

rclone copy remote:directory/ /path/to/local/directory/new_directory/

To copy a file from a remote to a local directory and create a new directory for it:

rclone copy remote:file.txt /path/to/local/directory/new_directory/

To copy a directory from a remote to a local directory and create a new directory for it:

rclone copy remote:directory/ /path/to/local/directory/new_directory/

To copy a file from a remote to a local directory and show detailed transfer information:

rclone copy remote:file.txt /path/to/local/directory/ --stats 5s

To copy a directory from a remote to a local directory and show detailed transfer information:

rclone copy remote:directory/ /path/to/local/directory/ --stats 5s

To copy a file from a remote to a local directory and retry the transfer if it fails:

rclone copy remote:file.txt /path/to/local/directory/ --retries 3 --low-level-retries 10

To copy a directory from a remote to a local directory and retry the transfer if it fails:

rclone copy remote:directory/ /path/to/local/directory/ --retries 3 --low-level-retries 10

To mount a remote as a local file system and show hidden files:

rclone mount remote:directory/ /path/to/mount/point/ --allow-other --dir-cache-time 24h --vfs-cache-mode full --vfs-cache-max-age 48h --vfs-cache-max-size 500M --attr-timeout 1s --cache-dir /path/to/cache/dir --rc --rc-no-auth --rc-addr :5572

To mount a remote as a local file system and set the mount point as read-only:

rclone mount remote:directory/ /path/to/mount/point/ --read-only --allow-other

To mount a remote as a local file system and limit the transfer rate for the mount point:

rclone mount remote:directory/ /path/to/mount/point/ --allow-other --vfs-read-chunk-size 16M --vfs-read-chunk-size-limit 2G --bwlimit 1M

To unmount a remote that is mounted as a local file system:

fusermount -u /path/to/mount/point/

To list all files in a remote directory:

rclone ls remote:directory/

To list all files in a local directory:

rclone ls /path/to/local/directory/

To delete a file from a remote:

rclone delete remote:file.txt

To delete a directory from a remote:

rclone delete remote:directory/

To sync a file from a remote to a local directory:

rclone sync remote:file.txt /path/to/local/directory/

To sync a directory from a remote to a local directory:

rclone sync remote:directory/ /path/to/local/directory/

To sync a file from a local directory to a remote:

rclone sync /path/to/local/file.txt remote:directory/

To sync a directory from a local directory to a remote:

rclone sync /path/to/local/directory/ remote:directory/

To sync a file from a remote to a local directory and delete it from the remote:

rclone move remote:file.txt /path/to/local/directory/ --delete-empty-src-dirs

To sync a directory from a remote to a local directory and delete it from the remote:

rclone move remote:directory/ /path/to/local/directory/ --delete-empty-src-dirs

To sync a file from a local directory to a remote and delete it from the local directory:

rclone move /path/to/local/file.txt remote:directory/ --delete-empty-src-dirs

To sync a directory from a local directory to a remote and delete it from the local directory:

rclone move /path/to/local/directory/ remote:directory/ --delete-empty-src-dirs

To sync a file from a remote to a local directory and preserve the timestamp:

rclone sync remote:file.txt /path/to/local/directory/ --no-update-modtime

To sync a directory from a remote to a local directory and preserve the timestamp:

rclone sync remote:directory/ /path/to/local/directory/ --no-update-modtime

To sync a file from a remote to a local directory and limit the transfer speed:

rclone sync remote:file.txt /path/to/local/directory/ --bwlimit 1M

To sync a directory from a remote to a local directory and limit the transfer speed:

rclone sync remote:directory/ /path/to/local/directory/ --bwlimit 1M

To sync a file from a local directory to a remote and limit the transfer speed:

rclone sync /path/to/local/file.txt remote:directory/ --bwlimit 1M

To sync a directory from a local directory to a remote and limit the transfer speed:

rclone sync /path/to/local/directory/ remote:directory/ --bwlimit 1M

To sync a file from a remote to a local directory and exclude files that match a pattern:

rclone sync remote:file.txt /path/to/local/directory/ --exclude "*.txt"

To sync a directory from a remote to a local directory and exclude files that match a pattern:

rclone sync remote:directory/ /path/to/local/directory/ --exclude "*.txt"

To sync a file from a remote to a local directory and include only files that match a pattern:

rclone sync remote:file.txt /path/to/local/directory/ --include "*.jpg"

To sync a directory from a remote to a local directory and include only files that match a pattern:

rclone sync remote:directory/ /path/to/local/directory/ --include "*.jpg"

To sync a file from a local directory to a remote and exclude files that match a pattern:

rclone sync /path/to/local/file.txt remote:directory/ --exclude "*.txt"

To sync a directory from a local directory to a remote and exclude files that match a pattern:

rclone sync /path/to/local/directory/ remote:directory/ --exclude "*.txt"

To sync a file from a local directory to a remote and include only files that match a pattern:

rclone sync /path/to/local/file.txt remote:directory/ --include "*.jpg"

To sync a directory from a local directory to a remote and include only files that match a pattern:

rclone sync /path/to/local/directory/ remote:directory/ --include "*.jpg"

To sync a file from a remote to a local directory and show the transfer progress:

rclone sync remote:file.txt /path/to/local/directory/ --progress

To sync a directory from a remote to a local directory and show the transfer progress:

rclone sync remote:directory/ /path/to/local/directory/ --progress

To sync a file from a local directory to a remote and show the transfer progress:

rclone sync /path/to/local/file.txt remote:directory/ --progress

To sync a directory from a local directory to a remote and show the transfer progress:

rclone sync /path/to/local/directory/ remote:directory/ --progress

To sync a file from a remote to a local directory and verify the checksum:

rclone sync remote:file.txt /path/to/local/directory/ --checksum

To sync a directory from a remote to a local directory and verify the checksum:

rclone sync remote:directory/ /path/to/local/directory/ --checksum

To sync a file from a local directory to a remote and verify the checksum:

rclone sync /path/to/local/file.txt remote:directory/ --checksum

To sync a directory from a local directory to a remote and verify the checksum:

rclone sync /path/to/local/directory/ remote:directory/ --checksum

To sync a file from a remote to a local directory and skip files that have already been transferred:

rclone sync remote:file.txt /path/to/local/directory/ --ignore-existing

To sync a directory from a remote to a local directory and skip files that have already been transferred:

rclone sync remote:directory/ /path/to/local/directory/ --ignore-existing

To sync a file from a local directory to a remote and skip files that have already been transferred:

rclone sync /path/to/local/file.txt remote:directory/ --ignore-existing

To sync a directory from a local directory to a remote and skip files that have already been transferred:

rclone sync /path/to/local/directory/ remote:directory/ --ignore-existing

To sync a file from a remote to a local directory and overwrite the destination file if it is newer:

rclone sync remote:file.txt /path/to/local/directory/ --update

To sync a directory from a remote to a local directory and overwrite the destination file if it is newer:

rclone sync remote:directory/ /path/to/local/directory/ --update

To sync a file from a local directory to a remote and overwrite the destination file if it is newer:

rclone sync /path/to/local/file.txt remote:directory/ --update

To sync a directory from a local directory to a remote and overwrite the destination file if it is newer:

rclone sync /path/to/local/directory/ remote:directory/ --update

To sync a file from a remote to a local directory and keep a backup of the destination file:

rclone sync remote:file.txt /path/to/local/directory/ --backup-dir /path/to/backup/dir/

To sync a directory from a remote to a local directory and keep a backup of the destination file:

rclone sync remote:directory/ /path/to/local/directory/ --backup-dir /path/to/backup/dir/

To sync a file from a local directory to a remote and keep a backup of the destination file:

rclone sync /path/to/local/file.txt remote:directory/ --backup-dir /path/to/backup/dir/

To sync a directory from a local directory to a remote and keep a backup of the destination file:

rclone sync /path/to/local/directory/ remote:directory/ --backup-dir /path/to/backup/dir/

To copy all files from a remote to a local directory:

rclone copy remote:/ /path/to/local/directory/

To copy all files from a local directory to a remote:

rclone copy /path/to/local/directory/ remote:/

To sync all files from a remote to a local directory:

rclone sync remote:/ /path/to/local/directory/

To sync all files from a local directory to a remote:

rclone sync /path/to/local/directory/ remote:/

To copy all files from a remote to a local directory and show detailed transfer information:

rclone copy remote:/ /path/to/local/directory/ --verbose

To sync all files from a remote to a local directory and show detailed transfer information:

rclone sync remote:/ /path/to/local/directory/ --verbose

To copy all files from a local directory to a remote and show detailed transfer information:

rclone copy /path/to/local/directory/ remote:/ --verbose

To sync all files from a local directory to a remote and show detailed transfer information:

rclone sync /path/to/local/directory/ remote:/ --verbose

To copy all files from a remote to a local directory and delete files from the destination that do not exist in the source:

rclone copy remote:/ /path/to/local/directory/ --delete-after

To sync all files from a remote to a local directory and delete files from the destination that do not exist in the source:

rclone sync remote:/ /path/to/local/directory/ --delete-after

To copy all files from a local directory to a remote and delete files from the destination that do not exist in the source:

rclone copy /path/to/local/directory/ remote:/ --delete-after

To sync all files from a local directory to a remote and delete files from the destination that do not exist in the source:

rclone sync /path/to/local/directory/ remote:/ --delete-after

To copy all files from a remote to a local directory and compare the checksum of source and destination files before copying:

rclone copy remote:/ /path/to/local/directory/ --checksum

To sync all files from a remote to a local directory and compare the checksum of source and destination files before copying:

rclone sync remote:/ /path/to/local/directory/ --checksum

To copy all files from a local directory to a remote and compare the checksum of source and destination files before copying:

rclone copy /path/to/local/directory/ remote:/ --checksum

To sync all files from a local directory to a remote and compare the checksum of source and destination files before copying:

rclone sync /path/to/local/directory/ remote:/ --checksum

To copy a single file from a remote to a local directory:

rclone copy remote:file.txt /path/to/local/directory/

To copy a single file from a local directory to a remote:

rclone copy /path/to/local/file.txt remote:directory/

To sync a single file from a remote to a local directory:

rclone sync remote:file.txt /path/to/local/directory/

To sync a single file from a local directory to a remote:

rclone sync /path/to/local/file.txt remote:directory/

To copy all files from a local directory to a remote and exclude files that match a pattern:

rclone copy /path/to/local/directory/ remote:/ --exclude "*.txt"

To copy all files from a remote to a local directory and include only files that match a pattern:

rclone copy remote:/ /path/to/local/directory/ --include "*.jpg"

To sync all files from a remote to a local directory and include only files that match a pattern:

rclone sync remote:/ /path/to/local/directory/ --include "*.jpg"

To copy all files from a local directory to a remote and include only files that match a pattern:

rclone copy /path/to/local/directory/ remote:/ --include "*.jpg"

To sync all files from a local directory to a remote and include only files that match a pattern:

rclone sync /path/to/local/directory/ remote:/ --include "*.jpg"

To copy all files from a remote to a local directory and preserve file attributes such as timestamps and permissions:

rclone copy remote:/ /path/to/local/directory/ --preserve-attributes

To sync all files from a remote to a local directory and preserve file attributes such as timestamps and permissions:

rclone sync remote:/ /path/to/local/directory/ --preserve-attributes

To copy all files from a local directory to a remote and preserve file attributes such as timestamps and permissions:

rclone copy /path/to/local/directory/ remote:/ --preserve-attributes

To sync all files from a local directory to a remote and preserve file attributes such as timestamps and permissions:

rclone sync /path/to/local/directory/ remote:/ --preserve-attributes

To copy all files from a remote to a local directory and limit the transfer speed:

rclone copy remote:/ /path/to/local/directory/ --bwlimit 1M

To sync all files from a remote to a local directory and limit the transfer speed:

rclone sync remote:/ /path/to/local/directory/ --bwlimit 1M

To copy all files from a local directory to a remote and limit the transfer speed:

rclone copy /path/to/local/directory/ remote:/ --bwlimit 1M

To sync all files from a local directory to a remote and limit the transfer speed:

rclone sync /path/to/local/directory/ remote:/ --bwlimit 1M

To copy all files from a remote to a local directory and skip files that have already been transferred:

rclone copy remote:/ /path/to/local/directory/ --ignore-existing

To sync all files from a remote to a local directory and skip files that have already been transferred:

rclone sync remote:/ /path/to/local/directory/ --ignore-existing

To copy all files from a local directory to a remote and skip files that have already been transferred:

rclone copy /path/to/local/directory/ remote:/ --ignore-existing

To sync all files from a local directory to a remote and skip files that have already been transferred:

rclone sync /path/to/local/directory/ remote:/ --ignore-existing

To copy all files from a remote to a local directory and skip files that are smaller than a specified size:

rclone copy remote:/ /path/to/local/directory/ --min-size 10M

To sync all files from a remote to a local directory and skip files that are smaller than a specified size:

rclone sync remote:/ /path/to/local/directory/ --min-size 10M

To copy all files from a local directory to a remote and skip files that are smaller than a specified size:

rclone copy /path/to/local/directory/ remote:/ --min-size 10M

To sync all files from a local directory to a remote and skip files that are smaller than a specified size:

rclone sync /path/to/local/directory/ remote:/ --min-size 10M

To copy all files from a remote to a local directory and skip files that are larger than a specified size:

rclone copy remote:/ /path/to/local/directory/ --max-size 100M

To sync all files from a remote to a local directory and skip files that are larger than a specified size:

rclone sync remote:/ /path/to/local/directory/ --max-size 100M

To copy all files from a local directory to a remote and skip files that are larger than a specified size:

rclone copy /path/to/local/directory/ remote:/ --max-size 100M

To sync all files from a local directory to a remote and skip files that are larger than a specified size:

rclone sync /path/to/local/directory/ remote:/ --max-size 100M

To copy all files from a remote to a local directory and display progress information:

rclone copy remote:/ /path/to/local/directory/ --progress

To sync all files from a remote to a local directory and display progress information:

rclone sync remote:/ /path/to/local/directory/ --progress

To copy all files from a local directory to a remote and display progress information:

rclone copy /path/to/local/directory/ remote:/ --progress

To sync all files from a local directory to a remote and display progress information:

rclone sync /path/to/local/directory/ remote:/ --progress

To copy all files from a remote to a local directory and only copy files that have been modified within a specified time:

rclone copy remote:/ /path/to/local/directory/ --max-age 1h

To sync all files from a remote to a local directory and only copy files that have been modified within a specified time:

rclone sync remote:/ /path/to/local/directory/ --max-age 1h

To copy all files from a local directory to a remote and only copy files that have been modified within a specified time:

rclone copy /path/to/local/directory/ remote:/ --max-age 1h

To sync all files from a local directory to a remote and only copy files that have been modified within a specified time:

rclone sync /path/to/local/directory/ remote:/ --max-age 1h

To copy all files from a remote to a local directory and only copy files that have been modified before a specified time:

rclone copy remote:/ /path/to/local/directory/ --min-age 1d

To sync all files from a remote to a local directory and only copy files that have been modified before a specified time:

rclone sync remote:/ /path/to/local/directory/ --min-age 1d

To copy all files from a local directory to a remote and only copy files that have been modified before a specified time:

rclone copy /path/to/local/directory/ remote:/ --min-age 1d

To sync all files from a local directory to a remote and only copy files that have been modified before a specified time:

rclone sync /path/to/local/directory/ remote:/ --min-age 1d

To copy all files from a remote to a local directory and only copy files that match a pattern:

rclone copy remote:/ /path/to/local/directory/ --include "*.jpg"

To copy all files from a local directory to a remote and only copy files that match a pattern:

rclone copy /path/to/local/directory/ remote:/ --include "*.jpg"

To copy all files from a remote to a local directory and delete files from the destination that do not exist in the source:

rclone copy remote:/ /path/to/local/directory/ --delete-after

To sync all files from a remote to a local directory and delete files from the destination that do not exist in the source:

rclone sync remote:/ /path/to/local/directory/ --delete-after

To copy all files from a local directory to a remote and delete files from the destination that do not exist in the source:

rclone copy /path/to/local/directory/ remote:/ --delete-after

To sync all files from a local directory to a remote and delete files from the destination that do not exist in the source:

rclone sync /path/to/local/directory/ remote:/ --delete-after

To sync all files from a remote to a local directory and only copy files that have been modified within a specified time:

rclone sync remote:/ /path/to/local/directory/ --max-age 1h

To copy all files from a local directory to a remote and only copy files that have been modified within a specified time:

rclone copy /path/to/local/directory/ remote:/ --max-age 1h

To sync all files from a local directory to a remote and only copy files that have been modified within a specified time:

rclone sync /path/to/local/directory/ remote:/ --max-age 1h

To copy all files from a remote to a local directory and only copy files that have been modified before a specified time:

rclone copy remote:/ /path/to/local/directory/ --min-age 1d

To sync all files from a remote to a local directory and only copy files that have been modified before a specified time:

rclone sync remote:/ /path/to/local/directory/ --min-age 1d

To copy all files from a local directory to a remote and only copy files that have been modified before a specified time:

rclone copy /path/to/local/directory/ remote:/ --min-age 1d

To sync all files from a local directory to a remote and only copy files that have been modified before a specified time:

rclone sync /path/to/local/directory/ remote:/ --min-age 1d

To copy all files from a remote to a local directory and only copy files that match a pattern:

rclone copy remote:/ /path/to/local/directory/ --include "*.jpg"

To sync all files from a local directory to a remote and exclude files that match a pattern:

rclone sync /path/to/local/directory/ remote:/ --exclude "*.txt"

To sync all files from a remote to a local directory and only copy files that match a pattern:

rclone sync remote:/ /path/to/local/directory/ --include "*.jpg"

To sync all files from a local directory to a remote and only copy files that match a pattern:

rclone sync /path/to/local/directory/ remote:/ --include "*.jpg"

To copy all files from a remote to a local directory and exclude files that match a pattern:

rclone copy remote:/ /path/to/local/directory/ --exclude "*.txt"

To sync all files from a remote to a local directory and exclude files that match a pattern:

rclone sync remote:/ /path/to/local/directory/ --exclude "*.txt"

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