rclone Cheatsheet - Cloud Sync

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SysOps·35 commands·Last updated 2026-07-21

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Config & Connect 6

rclone config

Interactive remote config

rclone config show

Show all remote configs

rclone listremotes

List configured remote names

rclone config show remote:

Show a remote's config

rclone config create remote: s3

Create a remote non-interactively

rclone config delete remote:

Delete a remote config

Browse & List 5

rclone lsd remote:

List dirs under a remote root

rclone ls remote:path

Recursively list all remote files

rclone lsl remote:path

List files with size and mtime

rclone tree remote:path

Show remote dirs as a tree

rclone size remote:bucket

Sum remote size and file count

Sync & Copy 6

rclone sync /local remote:bucket

Sync local to remote (one-way, deletes extras)

rclone copy /local remote:bucket

Copy to remote (keeps target files)

rclone move /local remote:bucket

Move to remote (deletes source after)

rclone sync remote:bucket /local --dry-run

Dry-run to preview a sync

rclone bisync /local remote:bucket

Two-way sync of two dirs

rclone copyto src.txt remote:dst.txt

Copy and rename a single file

Filter & Rules 6

rclone sync /local remote:bucket --include "*.txt"

Sync .txt files only

rclone sync /local remote:bucket --exclude "*.log"

Exclude .log files

rclone sync /local remote:bucket --exclude-from rules.txt

Read exclude rules from a file

rclone sync /local remote:bucket --filter-from filter.txt

Read filter rules from a file

rclone sync /local remote:bucket --max-size 10M

Sync files smaller than 10M

rclone sync /local remote:bucket --ignore-size

Ignore size, compare by time only

Mount & Serve 6

rclone mount remote:bucket /mnt/cloud --vfs-cache-mode full

Mount remote as a local dir (full cache)

rclone mount remote:bucket /mnt/cloud --daemon

Mount as a daemon

rclone serve http remote:bucket --addr :8080

Serve remote files over HTTP

rclone serve sftp remote:bucket --addr :2022

Serve remote files over SFTP

rclone serve webdav remote:bucket --addr :8080

Serve remote files over WebDAV

rclone rcd --rc

Start the remote-control API

Crypt & Verify 6

rclone crypt create remote:encrypted remote:plain

Create an encrypted remote

rclone crypt check remote:encrypted remote:plain

Check an encrypted remote

rclone check /local remote:bucket

Check source vs target consistency

rclone dedupe remote:bucket

Find and handle duplicate files

rclone hashsum md5 remote:bucket

Compute remote file MD5 hashes

rclone cleanup remote:bucket

Clean up leftover remote files

Tips

sync is one-way and deletes extras; copy is safer (no deletes).
mount needs FUSE (macFUSE/macOS, fuse3/Linux); add --vfs-cache-mode full.
rclone resumes interrupted big-file transfers.
--progress shows live speed; --verbose gives detailed logs.
--transfers N sets concurrent file count.
--bwlimit 1M caps bandwidth to avoid saturating the network.

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Publicly updated on Jul 21, 2026, continuously proofread against official docs.

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