rclone

Command Reference · 2025

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Setup & Config

Interactive config wizard

rclone config

Show all configured remotes

rclone listremotes

Show path to config file

rclone config file

Test connection to remote

rclone about remote:

Check rclone version

rclone version

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Copy & Move

Copy files (skip existing)

rclone copy src: dst:

Move files to destination

rclone move src: dst:

Copy a single file

rclone copyto src:file dst:file

Copy with progress display

rclone copy src: dst: -P

Copy local → Google Drive

rclone copy /local/path gdrive:backup

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Sync

Sync src → dst (deletes extra in dst)

rclone sync src: dst:

Dry run — preview changes only

rclone sync src: dst: --dry-run

Bisync two directories (two-way)

rclone bisync src: dst:

Sync, keep deleted files in trash

rclone sync src: dst: --drive-use-trash

Limit bandwidth during sync

rclone sync src: dst: --bwlimit 10M

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List Files

List files with sizes

rclone ls remote:

List dirs and files (like ls -la)

rclone lsl remote:

List directories only

rclone lsd remote:

List as JSON

rclone lsjson remote:

Get total size of path

rclone size remote:path

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Mount

Mount remote as filesystem

rclone mount remote: /mnt/point

Mount in background (daemon)

rclone mount remote: /mnt/point --daemon

Unmount (Linux/macOS)

fusermount -u /mnt/point

Mount with VFS cache (recommended)

rclone mount remote: /mnt --vfs-cache-mode writes

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Delete & Clean

Delete all files in a path

rclone delete remote:path

Delete a directory and its contents

rclone purge remote:path

Remove empty directories

rclone rmdirs remote:path

Empty remote trash

rclone cleanup remote:

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Filters

Include only matching files

rclone copy src: dst: --include "*.jpg"

Exclude matching files

rclone sync src: dst: --exclude "*.tmp"

Skip files older than N days

rclone copy src: dst: --max-age 30d

Max file size

rclone copy src: dst: --max-size 100M

Use a filter rules file

rclone sync src: dst: --filter-from rules.txt

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Encryption (crypt)

Create encrypted remote (via config)

rclone config # type: crypt

Copy encrypted to local (decrypts)

rclone copy cryptremote: /local

Check encryption config

rclone cryptcheck remote: cryptremote:

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Useful Flags

Show live progress

-P / --progress

Verbose output (use -vv for more)

-v / -vv

Preview without making changes

--dry-run

Number of file transfers in parallel

--transfers 8

Number of directory listing threads

--checkers 16

Retry on error (default 3)

--retries 5

Limit transfer speed

--bwlimit 5M

Check files using MD5 hash

--checksum

Don't delete on destination

--immutable

Log output to file

--log-file rclone.log

No-traverse (faster for few files)

--no-traverse

Use specific config file

--config /path/to/rclone.conf

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Check & Debug

Check src and dst match

rclone check src: dst:

Hash files for verification

rclone hashsum MD5 remote:path

Show dedupe conflicts

rclone dedupe remote:path

Run ncdu-style disk usage explorer

rclone ncdu remote:

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Serve

Serve remote as HTTP

rclone serve http remote:

Serve as WebDAV (e.g. for apps)

rclone serve webdav remote:

Serve as SFTP server

rclone serve sftp remote:

Specify host and port

rclone serve http remote: --addr :8080

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