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---
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date: 2019-04-13T11:00:52+01:00
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title: "rclone sync"
slug: rclone_sync
url: /commands/rclone_sync/
---
## rclone sync
Make source and dest identical, modifying destination only.
### Synopsis
Sync the source to the destination, changing the destination
only. Doesn't transfer unchanged files, testing by size and
modification time or MD5SUM. Destination is updated to match
source, including deleting files if necessary.
**Important**: Since this can cause data loss, test first with the
`--dry-run` flag to see exactly what would be copied and deleted.
Note that files in the destination won't be deleted if there were any
errors at any point.
It is always the contents of the directory that is synced, not the
directory so when source:path is a directory, it's the contents of
source:path that are copied, not the directory name and contents. See
extended explanation in the `copy` command above if unsure.
If dest:path doesn't exist, it is created and the source:path contents
go there.
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**Note**: Use the `-P` /`--progress` flag to view real-time transfer statistics
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```
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rclone sync source:path dest:path [flags]
```
### Options
```
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--create-empty-src-dirs Create empty source dirs on destination after sync
-h, --help help for sync
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```
### Options inherited from parent commands
```
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--acd-auth-url string Auth server URL.
--acd-client-id string Amazon Application Client ID.
--acd-client-secret string Amazon Application Client Secret.
--acd-templink-threshold SizeSuffix Files >= this size will be downloaded via their tempLink. (default 9G)
--acd-token-url string Token server url.
--acd-upload-wait-per-gb Duration Additional time per GB to wait after a failed complete upload to see if it appears. (default 3m0s)
--alias-remote string Remote or path to alias.
--ask-password Allow prompt for password for encrypted configuration. (default true)
--auto-confirm If enabled, do not request console confirmation.
--azureblob-access-tier string Access tier of blob: hot, cool or archive.
--azureblob-account string Storage Account Name (leave blank to use connection string or SAS URL)
--azureblob-chunk-size SizeSuffix Upload chunk size (< = 100MB). (default 4M)
--azureblob-endpoint string Endpoint for the service
--azureblob-key string Storage Account Key (leave blank to use connection string or SAS URL)
--azureblob-list-chunk int Size of blob list. (default 5000)
--azureblob-sas-url string SAS URL for container level access only
--azureblob-upload-cutoff SizeSuffix Cutoff for switching to chunked upload (< = 256MB). (default 256M)
--b2-account string Account ID or Application Key ID
--b2-chunk-size SizeSuffix Upload chunk size. Must fit in memory. (default 96M)
--b2-disable-checksum Disable checksums for large (> upload cutoff) files
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--b2-download-url string Custom endpoint for downloads.
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--b2-endpoint string Endpoint for the service.
--b2-hard-delete Permanently delete files on remote removal, otherwise hide files.
--b2-key string Application Key
--b2-test-mode string A flag string for X-Bz-Test-Mode header for debugging.
--b2-upload-cutoff SizeSuffix Cutoff for switching to chunked upload. (default 200M)
--b2-versions Include old versions in directory listings.
--backup-dir string Make backups into hierarchy based in DIR.
--bind string Local address to bind to for outgoing connections, IPv4, IPv6 or name.
--box-client-id string Box App Client Id.
--box-client-secret string Box App Client Secret
--box-commit-retries int Max number of times to try committing a multipart file. (default 100)
--box-upload-cutoff SizeSuffix Cutoff for switching to multipart upload (>= 50MB). (default 50M)
--buffer-size SizeSuffix In memory buffer size when reading files for each --transfer. (default 16M)
--bwlimit BwTimetable Bandwidth limit in kBytes/s, or use suffix b|k|M|G or a full timetable.
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--ca-cert string CA certificate used to verify servers
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--cache-chunk-clean-interval Duration How often should the cache perform cleanups of the chunk storage. (default 1m0s)
--cache-chunk-no-memory Disable the in-memory cache for storing chunks during streaming.
--cache-chunk-path string Directory to cache chunk files. (default "$HOME/.cache/rclone/cache-backend")
--cache-chunk-size SizeSuffix The size of a chunk (partial file data). (default 5M)
--cache-chunk-total-size SizeSuffix The total size that the chunks can take up on the local disk. (default 10G)
--cache-db-path string Directory to store file structure metadata DB. (default "$HOME/.cache/rclone/cache-backend")
--cache-db-purge Clear all the cached data for this remote on start.
--cache-db-wait-time Duration How long to wait for the DB to be available - 0 is unlimited (default 1s)
--cache-dir string Directory rclone will use for caching. (default "$HOME/.cache/rclone")
--cache-info-age Duration How long to cache file structure information (directory listings, file size, times etc). (default 6h0m0s)
--cache-plex-insecure string Skip all certificate verifications when connecting to the Plex server
--cache-plex-password string The password of the Plex user
--cache-plex-url string The URL of the Plex server
--cache-plex-username string The username of the Plex user
--cache-read-retries int How many times to retry a read from a cache storage. (default 10)
--cache-remote string Remote to cache.
--cache-rps int Limits the number of requests per second to the source FS (-1 to disable) (default -1)
--cache-tmp-upload-path string Directory to keep temporary files until they are uploaded.
--cache-tmp-wait-time Duration How long should files be stored in local cache before being uploaded (default 15s)
--cache-workers int How many workers should run in parallel to download chunks. (default 4)
--cache-writes Cache file data on writes through the FS
--checkers int Number of checkers to run in parallel. (default 8)
-c, --checksum Skip based on checksum (if available) & size, not mod-time & size
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--client-cert string Client SSL certificate (PEM) for mutual TLS auth
--client-key string Client SSL private key (PEM) for mutual TLS auth
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--config string Config file. (default "/home/ncw/.rclone.conf")
--contimeout duration Connect timeout (default 1m0s)
-L, --copy-links Follow symlinks and copy the pointed to item.
--cpuprofile string Write cpu profile to file
--crypt-directory-name-encryption Option to either encrypt directory names or leave them intact. (default true)
--crypt-filename-encryption string How to encrypt the filenames. (default "standard")
--crypt-password string Password or pass phrase for encryption.
--crypt-password2 string Password or pass phrase for salt. Optional but recommended.
--crypt-remote string Remote to encrypt/decrypt.
--crypt-show-mapping For all files listed show how the names encrypt.
--delete-after When synchronizing, delete files on destination after transferring (default)
--delete-before When synchronizing, delete files on destination before transferring
--delete-during When synchronizing, delete files during transfer
--delete-excluded Delete files on dest excluded from sync
--disable string Disable a comma separated list of features. Use help to see a list.
--drive-acknowledge-abuse Set to allow files which return cannotDownloadAbusiveFile to be downloaded.
--drive-allow-import-name-change Allow the filetype to change when uploading Google docs (e.g. file.doc to file.docx). This will confuse sync and reupload every time.
--drive-alternate-export Use alternate export URLs for google documents export.,
--drive-auth-owner-only Only consider files owned by the authenticated user.
--drive-chunk-size SizeSuffix Upload chunk size. Must a power of 2 >= 256k. (default 8M)
--drive-client-id string Google Application Client Id
--drive-client-secret string Google Application Client Secret
--drive-export-formats string Comma separated list of preferred formats for downloading Google docs. (default "docx,xlsx,pptx,svg")
--drive-formats string Deprecated: see export_formats
--drive-impersonate string Impersonate this user when using a service account.
--drive-import-formats string Comma separated list of preferred formats for uploading Google docs.
--drive-keep-revision-forever Keep new head revision of each file forever.
--drive-list-chunk int Size of listing chunk 100-1000. 0 to disable. (default 1000)
--drive-pacer-burst int Number of API calls to allow without sleeping. (default 100)
--drive-pacer-min-sleep Duration Minimum time to sleep between API calls. (default 100ms)
--drive-root-folder-id string ID of the root folder
--drive-scope string Scope that rclone should use when requesting access from drive.
--drive-service-account-credentials string Service Account Credentials JSON blob
--drive-service-account-file string Service Account Credentials JSON file path
--drive-shared-with-me Only show files that are shared with me.
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--drive-skip-checksum-gphotos Skip MD5 checksum on Google photos and videos only.
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--drive-skip-gdocs Skip google documents in all listings.
--drive-team-drive string ID of the Team Drive
--drive-trashed-only Only show files that are in the trash.
--drive-upload-cutoff SizeSuffix Cutoff for switching to chunked upload (default 8M)
--drive-use-created-date Use file created date instead of modified date.,
--drive-use-trash Send files to the trash instead of deleting permanently. (default true)
--drive-v2-download-min-size SizeSuffix If Object's are greater, use drive v2 API to download. (default off)
--dropbox-chunk-size SizeSuffix Upload chunk size. (< 150M ) . ( default 48M )
--dropbox-client-id string Dropbox App Client Id
--dropbox-client-secret string Dropbox App Client Secret
--dropbox-impersonate string Impersonate this user when using a business account.
-n, --dry-run Do a trial run with no permanent changes
--dump DumpFlags List of items to dump from: headers,bodies,requests,responses,auth,filters,goroutines,openfiles
--dump-bodies Dump HTTP headers and bodies - may contain sensitive info
--dump-headers Dump HTTP bodies - may contain sensitive info
--exclude stringArray Exclude files matching pattern
--exclude-from stringArray Read exclude patterns from file
--exclude-if-present string Exclude directories if filename is present
--fast-list Use recursive list if available. Uses more memory but fewer transactions.
--files-from stringArray Read list of source-file names from file
-f, --filter stringArray Add a file-filtering rule
--filter-from stringArray Read filtering patterns from a file
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--ftp-concurrency int Maximum number of FTP simultaneous connections, 0 for unlimited
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--ftp-host string FTP host to connect to
--ftp-pass string FTP password
--ftp-port string FTP port, leave blank to use default (21)
--ftp-user string FTP username, leave blank for current username, $USER
--gcs-bucket-acl string Access Control List for new buckets.
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--gcs-bucket-policy-only Access checks should use bucket-level IAM policies.
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--gcs-client-id string Google Application Client Id
--gcs-client-secret string Google Application Client Secret
--gcs-location string Location for the newly created buckets.
--gcs-object-acl string Access Control List for new objects.
--gcs-project-number string Project number.
--gcs-service-account-file string Service Account Credentials JSON file path
--gcs-storage-class string The storage class to use when storing objects in Google Cloud Storage.
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--http-no-slash Set this if the site doesn't end directories with /
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--http-url string URL of http host to connect to
--hubic-chunk-size SizeSuffix Above this size files will be chunked into a _segments container. (default 5G)
--hubic-client-id string Hubic Client Id
--hubic-client-secret string Hubic Client Secret
--hubic-no-chunk Don't chunk files during streaming upload.
--ignore-case Ignore case in filters (case insensitive)
--ignore-checksum Skip post copy check of checksums.
--ignore-errors delete even if there are I/O errors
--ignore-existing Skip all files that exist on destination
--ignore-size Ignore size when skipping use mod-time or checksum.
-I, --ignore-times Don't skip files that match size and time - transfer all files
--immutable Do not modify files. Fail if existing files have been modified.
--include stringArray Include files matching pattern
--include-from stringArray Read include patterns from file
--jottacloud-hard-delete Delete files permanently rather than putting them into the trash.
--jottacloud-md5-memory-limit SizeSuffix Files bigger than this will be cached on disk to calculate the MD5 if required. (default 10M)
--jottacloud-mountpoint string The mountpoint to use.
--jottacloud-unlink Remove existing public link to file/folder with link command rather than creating.
--jottacloud-upload-resume-limit SizeSuffix Files bigger than this can be resumed if the upload fail's. (default 10M)
--jottacloud-user string User Name:
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--koofr-endpoint string The Koofr API endpoint to use (default "https://app.koofr.net")
--koofr-mountid string Mount ID of the mount to use. If omitted, the primary mount is used.
--koofr-password string Your Koofr password for rclone (generate one at https://app.koofr.net/app/admin/preferences/password)
--koofr-user string Your Koofr user name
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-l, --links Translate symlinks to/from regular files with a '.rclonelink' extension
--local-no-check-updated Don't check to see if the files change during upload
--local-no-unicode-normalization Don't apply unicode normalization to paths and filenames (Deprecated)
--local-nounc string Disable UNC (long path names) conversion on Windows
--log-file string Log everything to this file
--log-format string Comma separated list of log format options (default "date,time")
--log-level string Log level DEBUG|INFO|NOTICE|ERROR (default "NOTICE")
--low-level-retries int Number of low level retries to do. (default 10)
--max-age Duration Only transfer files younger than this in s or suffix ms|s|m|h|d|w|M|y (default off)
--max-backlog int Maximum number of objects in sync or check backlog. (default 10000)
--max-delete int When synchronizing, limit the number of deletes (default -1)
--max-depth int If set limits the recursion depth to this. (default -1)
--max-size SizeSuffix Only transfer files smaller than this in k or suffix b|k|M|G (default off)
--max-transfer SizeSuffix Maximum size of data to transfer. (default off)
--mega-debug Output more debug from Mega.
--mega-hard-delete Delete files permanently rather than putting them into the trash.
--mega-pass string Password.
--mega-user string User name
--memprofile string Write memory profile to file
--min-age Duration Only transfer files older than this in s or suffix ms|s|m|h|d|w|M|y (default off)
--min-size SizeSuffix Only transfer files bigger than this in k or suffix b|k|M|G (default off)
--modify-window duration Max time diff to be considered the same (default 1ns)
--no-check-certificate Do not verify the server SSL certificate. Insecure.
--no-gzip-encoding Don't set Accept-Encoding: gzip.
--no-traverse Don't traverse destination file system on copy.
--no-update-modtime Don't update destination mod-time if files identical.
-x, --one-file-system Don't cross filesystem boundaries (unix/macOS only).
--onedrive-chunk-size SizeSuffix Chunk size to upload files with - must be multiple of 320k. (default 10M)
--onedrive-client-id string Microsoft App Client Id
--onedrive-client-secret string Microsoft App Client Secret
--onedrive-drive-id string The ID of the drive to use
--onedrive-drive-type string The type of the drive ( personal | business | documentLibrary )
--onedrive-expose-onenote-files Set to make OneNote files show up in directory listings.
--opendrive-password string Password.
--opendrive-username string Username
--pcloud-client-id string Pcloud App Client Id
--pcloud-client-secret string Pcloud App Client Secret
-P, --progress Show progress during transfer.
--qingstor-access-key-id string QingStor Access Key ID
--qingstor-chunk-size SizeSuffix Chunk size to use for uploading. (default 4M)
--qingstor-connection-retries int Number of connection retries. (default 3)
--qingstor-endpoint string Enter a endpoint URL to connection QingStor API.
--qingstor-env-auth Get QingStor credentials from runtime. Only applies if access_key_id and secret_access_key is blank.
--qingstor-secret-access-key string QingStor Secret Access Key (password)
--qingstor-upload-concurrency int Concurrency for multipart uploads. (default 1)
--qingstor-upload-cutoff SizeSuffix Cutoff for switching to chunked upload (default 200M)
--qingstor-zone string Zone to connect to.
-q, --quiet Print as little stuff as possible
--rc Enable the remote control server.
--rc-addr string IPaddress:Port or :Port to bind server to. (default "localhost:5572")
--rc-cert string SSL PEM key (concatenation of certificate and CA certificate)
--rc-client-ca string Client certificate authority to verify clients with
--rc-files string Path to local files to serve on the HTTP server.
--rc-htpasswd string htpasswd file - if not provided no authentication is done
--rc-key string SSL PEM Private key
--rc-max-header-bytes int Maximum size of request header (default 4096)
--rc-no-auth Don't require auth for certain methods.
--rc-pass string Password for authentication.
--rc-realm string realm for authentication (default "rclone")
--rc-serve Enable the serving of remote objects.
--rc-server-read-timeout duration Timeout for server reading data (default 1h0m0s)
--rc-server-write-timeout duration Timeout for server writing data (default 1h0m0s)
--rc-user string User name for authentication.
--retries int Retry operations this many times if they fail (default 3)
--retries-sleep duration Interval between retrying operations if they fail, e.g 500ms, 60s, 5m. (0 to disable)
--s3-access-key-id string AWS Access Key ID.
--s3-acl string Canned ACL used when creating buckets and storing or copying objects.
--s3-bucket-acl string Canned ACL used when creating buckets.
--s3-chunk-size SizeSuffix Chunk size to use for uploading. (default 5M)
--s3-disable-checksum Don't store MD5 checksum with object metadata
--s3-endpoint string Endpoint for S3 API.
--s3-env-auth Get AWS credentials from runtime (environment variables or EC2/ECS meta data if no env vars).
--s3-force-path-style If true use path style access if false use virtual hosted style. (default true)
--s3-location-constraint string Location constraint - must be set to match the Region.
--s3-provider string Choose your S3 provider.
--s3-region string Region to connect to.
--s3-secret-access-key string AWS Secret Access Key (password)
--s3-server-side-encryption string The server-side encryption algorithm used when storing this object in S3.
--s3-session-token string An AWS session token
--s3-sse-kms-key-id string If using KMS ID you must provide the ARN of Key.
--s3-storage-class string The storage class to use when storing new objects in S3.
--s3-upload-concurrency int Concurrency for multipart uploads. (default 4)
--s3-upload-cutoff SizeSuffix Cutoff for switching to chunked upload (default 200M)
--s3-v2-auth If true use v2 authentication.
--sftp-ask-password Allow asking for SFTP password when needed.
--sftp-disable-hashcheck Disable the execution of SSH commands to determine if remote file hashing is available.
--sftp-host string SSH host to connect to
--sftp-key-file string Path to PEM-encoded private key file, leave blank or set key-use-agent to use ssh-agent.
--sftp-key-file-pass string The passphrase to decrypt the PEM-encoded private key file.
--sftp-key-use-agent When set forces the usage of the ssh-agent.
--sftp-pass string SSH password, leave blank to use ssh-agent.
--sftp-path-override string Override path used by SSH connection.
--sftp-port string SSH port, leave blank to use default (22)
--sftp-set-modtime Set the modified time on the remote if set. (default true)
--sftp-use-insecure-cipher Enable the use of the aes128-cbc cipher. This cipher is insecure and may allow plaintext data to be recovered by an attacker.
--sftp-user string SSH username, leave blank for current username, ncw
--size-only Skip based on size only, not mod-time or checksum
--skip-links Don't warn about skipped symlinks.
--stats duration Interval between printing stats, e.g 500ms, 60s, 5m. (0 to disable) (default 1m0s)
--stats-file-name-length int Max file name length in stats. 0 for no limit (default 45)
--stats-log-level string Log level to show --stats output DEBUG|INFO|NOTICE|ERROR (default "INFO")
--stats-one-line Make the stats fit on one line.
--stats-unit string Show data rate in stats as either 'bits' or 'bytes'/s (default "bytes")
--streaming-upload-cutoff SizeSuffix Cutoff for switching to chunked upload if file size is unknown. Upload starts after reaching cutoff or when file ends. (default 100k)
--suffix string Suffix for use with --backup-dir.
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--suffix-keep-extension Preserve the extension when using --suffix.
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--swift-application-credential-id string Application Credential ID (OS_APPLICATION_CREDENTIAL_ID)
--swift-application-credential-name string Application Credential Name (OS_APPLICATION_CREDENTIAL_NAME)
--swift-application-credential-secret string Application Credential Secret (OS_APPLICATION_CREDENTIAL_SECRET)
--swift-auth string Authentication URL for server (OS_AUTH_URL).
--swift-auth-token string Auth Token from alternate authentication - optional (OS_AUTH_TOKEN)
--swift-auth-version int AuthVersion - optional - set to (1,2,3) if your auth URL has no version (ST_AUTH_VERSION)
--swift-chunk-size SizeSuffix Above this size files will be chunked into a _segments container. (default 5G)
--swift-domain string User domain - optional (v3 auth) (OS_USER_DOMAIN_NAME)
--swift-endpoint-type string Endpoint type to choose from the service catalogue (OS_ENDPOINT_TYPE) (default "public")
--swift-env-auth Get swift credentials from environment variables in standard OpenStack form.
--swift-key string API key or password (OS_PASSWORD).
--swift-no-chunk Don't chunk files during streaming upload.
--swift-region string Region name - optional (OS_REGION_NAME)
--swift-storage-policy string The storage policy to use when creating a new container
--swift-storage-url string Storage URL - optional (OS_STORAGE_URL)
--swift-tenant string Tenant name - optional for v1 auth, this or tenant_id required otherwise (OS_TENANT_NAME or OS_PROJECT_NAME)
--swift-tenant-domain string Tenant domain - optional (v3 auth) (OS_PROJECT_DOMAIN_NAME)
--swift-tenant-id string Tenant ID - optional for v1 auth, this or tenant required otherwise (OS_TENANT_ID)
--swift-user string User name to log in (OS_USERNAME).
--swift-user-id string User ID to log in - optional - most swift systems use user and leave this blank (v3 auth) (OS_USER_ID).
--syslog Use Syslog for logging
--syslog-facility string Facility for syslog, eg KERN,USER,... (default "DAEMON")
--timeout duration IO idle timeout (default 5m0s)
--tpslimit float Limit HTTP transactions per second to this.
--tpslimit-burst int Max burst of transactions for --tpslimit. (default 1)
--track-renames When synchronizing, track file renames and do a server side move if possible
--transfers int Number of file transfers to run in parallel. (default 4)
--union-remotes string List of space separated remotes.
-u, --update Skip files that are newer on the destination.
--use-cookies Enable session cookiejar.
--use-mmap Use mmap allocator (see docs).
--use-server-modtime Use server modified time instead of object metadata
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--user-agent string Set the user-agent to a specified string. The default is rclone/ version (default "rclone/v1.47.0")
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-v, --verbose count Print lots more stuff (repeat for more)
--webdav-bearer-token string Bearer token instead of user/pass (eg a Macaroon)
--webdav-pass string Password.
--webdav-url string URL of http host to connect to
--webdav-user string User name
--webdav-vendor string Name of the Webdav site/service/software you are using
--yandex-client-id string Yandex Client Id
--yandex-client-secret string Yandex Client Secret
--yandex-unlink Remove existing public link to file/folder with link command rather than creating.
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```
### SEE ALSO
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* [rclone ](/commands/rclone/ ) - Show help for rclone commands, flags and backends.
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