tldr/pages/osx/ditto.md

# ditto

> Copy files and folders.

- Overwrites 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}}`