github.com/10XDev/rclone@v1.52.3-0.20200626220027-16af9ab76b2a/docs/content/commands/rclone_move.md (about) 1 --- 2 title: "rclone move" 3 description: "Move files from source to dest." 4 slug: rclone_move 5 url: /commands/rclone_move/ 6 # autogenerated - DO NOT EDIT, instead edit the source code in cmd/move/ and as part of making a release run "make commanddocs" 7 --- 8 # rclone move 9 10 Move files from source to dest. 11 12 ## Synopsis 13 14 15 Moves the contents of the source directory to the destination 16 directory. Rclone will error if the source and destination overlap and 17 the remote does not support a server side directory move operation. 18 19 If no filters are in use and if possible this will server side move 20 `source:path` into `dest:path`. After this `source:path` will no 21 longer exist. 22 23 Otherwise for each file in `source:path` selected by the filters (if 24 any) this will move it into `dest:path`. If possible a server side 25 move will be used, otherwise it will copy it (server side if possible) 26 into `dest:path` then delete the original (if no errors on copy) in 27 `source:path`. 28 29 If you want to delete empty source directories after move, use the --delete-empty-src-dirs flag. 30 31 See the [--no-traverse](/docs/#no-traverse) option for controlling 32 whether rclone lists the destination directory or not. Supplying this 33 option when moving a small number of files into a large destination 34 can speed transfers up greatly. 35 36 **Important**: Since this can cause data loss, test first with the 37 --dry-run flag. 38 39 **Note**: Use the `-P`/`--progress` flag to view real-time transfer statistics. 40 41 42 ``` 43 rclone move source:path dest:path [flags] 44 ``` 45 46 ## Options 47 48 ``` 49 --create-empty-src-dirs Create empty source dirs on destination after move 50 --delete-empty-src-dirs Delete empty source dirs after move 51 -h, --help help for move 52 ``` 53 54 See the [global flags page](/flags/) for global options not listed here. 55 56 ## SEE ALSO 57 58 * [rclone](/commands/rclone/) - Show help for rclone commands, flags and backends. 59