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     1  ---
     2  date: 2019-06-20T16:09:42+01:00
     3  title: "rclone move"
     4  slug: rclone_move
     5  url: /commands/rclone_move/
     6  ---
     7  ## rclone move
     8  
     9  Move files from source to dest.
    10  
    11  ### Synopsis
    12  
    13  
    14  Moves the contents of the source directory to the destination
    15  directory. Rclone will error if the source and destination overlap and
    16  the remote does not support a server side directory move operation.
    17  
    18  If no filters are in use and if possible this will server side move
    19  `source:path` into `dest:path`. After this `source:path` will no
    20  longer longer exist.
    21  
    22  Otherwise for each file in `source:path` selected by the filters (if
    23  any) this will move it into `dest:path`.  If possible a server side
    24  move will be used, otherwise it will copy it (server side if possible)
    25  into `dest:path` then delete the original (if no errors on copy) in
    26  `source:path`.
    27  
    28  If you want to delete empty source directories after move, use the --delete-empty-src-dirs flag.
    29  
    30  See the [--no-traverse](/docs/#no-traverse) option for controlling
    31  whether rclone lists the destination directory or not.  Supplying this
    32  option when moving a small number of files into a large destination
    33  can speed transfers up greatly.
    34  
    35  **Important**: Since this can cause data loss, test first with the
    36  --dry-run flag.
    37  
    38  **Note**: Use the `-P`/`--progress` flag to view real-time transfer statistics.
    39  
    40  
    41  ```
    42  rclone move source:path dest:path [flags]
    43  ```
    44  
    45  ### Options
    46  
    47  ```
    48        --create-empty-src-dirs   Create empty source dirs on destination after move
    49        --delete-empty-src-dirs   Delete empty source dirs after move
    50    -h, --help                    help for move
    51  ```
    52  
    53  See the [global flags page](/flags/) for global options not listed here.
    54  
    55  ### SEE ALSO
    56  
    57  * [rclone](/commands/rclone/)	 - Show help for rclone commands, flags and backends.
    58