rclone sync

• Changes the destination only

# dry-run
rclone sync /local/path remote:/remote/path --dry-run

# interactive mode (prompt for decisions)
rclone sync /local/path remote:/remote/path -i

# progress mode, with real-time transfer statistics
rclone sync /local/path remote:/remote/path -P

# verbose (show transferred files)
rclone sync /local/path remote:/remote/path -v

# bandwidth
rclone sync /local/path remote:/remote/path --bwlimit 1.5M

# filters
rclone sync "/local/path" "remote":"/remote/path" --exclude "node_modules/"

rclone sync \
  /local/folder \
  remote:/remote/folder \
  --verbose \
  --progress \
  --track-renames \
  --exclude "node_modules/" \
  --exclude "target/" \
  --exclude ".DS_Store" \
  --exclude ".localized"

Log Level

DEBUG > INFO > NOTICE > ERROR

rclone sync foo remote:foo --log-level NOTICE

# Shows files and its taken action
rclone sync foo remote:foo --combined - -P

Log Formatting

rclone sync foo google-drive:foo --track-renames --verbose --use-json-log 2>&1 |
  jq -r '
          def colors:
            {
              "green": "\u001b[32m",
              "cyan": "\u001b[36m",
              "yellow": "\u001b[33m",
              "red": "\u001b[31m"
            };

          select(.objectType == "*local.Object" or (.objectType == "*drive.Object" and .msg == "Deleted"))
            | if (.msg | startswith("Copied (new)")) then colors.green + "U " + .object
              elif (.msg | startswith("Copied (replaced existing)")) then colors.cyan + "M " + .object
              elif (.msg | startswith("Renamed")) then colors.yellow + "R " + .object
              elif (.msg | startswith("Deleted")) then colors.red + "D " + .object
              else null end
        '