tldr/pages/osx/ditto.md

# ditto

> Copy files and directories.
> More information: <https://ss64.com/osx/ditto.html>.

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

`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 directory, 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`

Refactor: change "folder" to "directory" where needed. This commit fixes every instance in which the word "folder" is incorrectly used instead of "directory". 2019-02-11 18:00:49 +00:00			`> Copy files and directories.`
a, g, i, osx[a-i*]: add more information links (#6342) 2021-08-23 20:33:24 +01:00			`> More information: <https://ss64.com/osx/ditto.html>.`
ditto: add page 2015-12-31 00:50:05 +00:00
Refactor: change "folder" to "directory" where needed. This commit fixes every instance in which the word "folder" is incorrectly used instead of "directory". 2019-02-11 18:00:49 +00:00			`- Overwrite contents of destination directory with contents of source directory:`
ditto: add page 2015-12-31 00:50:05 +00:00
			`ditto {{path/to/source}} {{path/to/destination}}`

multiple pages: change Unicode characters to ASCII (#2802) Change Unicode characters to ASCII: - non-breaking spaces (\xc2\xa0) to normal spaces (\x20) - apostrophes (there are only 2 Unicode apostrophes, all others are already ASCII) - hyphen (−) to minus (-) - fix wording (STD‐OUT to "standard output") 2019-02-24 23:56:24 +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}}`

Refactor: change "folder" to "directory" where needed. This commit fixes every instance in which the word "folder" is incorrectly used instead of "directory". 2019-02-11 18:00:49 +00:00			`- Copy a given file or directory, 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}}`