tldr/pages/osx/ditto.md

# ditto

> Copy files and folders.

- Overwrite contents of destination folder with contents of source folder:

`ditto {{path/to/source}} {{path/to/destination}}`

- Print a line to the Terminal window for every file that’s being copied:

`ditto -V {{path/to/source}} {{path/to/destination}}`

- Copy a given file or folder, while retaining the original file permissions:

`ditto -rsrc {{path/to/source}} {{path/to/destination}}`
-												ditto: add page

											
										
										
											2015-12-31 00:50:05 +00:00
+								# ditto
-												Formatted all pages according to guidelines.

											
										
										
											2016-01-07 17:31:27 +00:00
+								> Copy files and folders.
-												ditto: add page

											
										
										
											2015-12-31 00:50:05 +00:00
-												Fixed English tenses as reported by tldr-lint

											
										
										
											2016-01-16 14:12:05 +00:00
+								- Overwrite contents of destination folder with contents of source folder:
-												ditto: add page

											
										
										
											2015-12-31 00:50:05 +00:00
 								`ditto {{path/to/source}} {{path/to/destination}}`
-												Formatted all pages according to guidelines.

											
										
										
											2016-01-07 17:31:27 +00:00
+								- Print a line to the Terminal window for every file that’s being copied:
-												ditto: add page

											
										
										
											2015-12-31 00:50:05 +00:00
 								`ditto -V {{path/to/source}} {{path/to/destination}}`
-												Formatted all pages according to guidelines.

											
										
										
											2016-01-07 17:31:27 +00:00
+								- Copy a given file or folder, while retaining the original file permissions:
-												ditto: add page

											
										
										
											2015-12-31 00:50:05 +00:00
 								`ditto -rsrc {{path/to/source}} {{path/to/destination}}`