--- date: 2019-08-26T15:19:45+01:00 title: "rclone moveto" slug: rclone_moveto url: /commands/rclone_moveto/ --- ## rclone moveto Move file or directory from source to dest. ### Synopsis If source:path is a file or directory then it moves it to a file or directory named dest:path. This can be used to rename files or upload single files to other than their existing name. If the source is a directory then it acts exactly like the move command. So rclone moveto src dst where src and dst are rclone paths, either remote:path or /path/to/local or C:\windows\path\if\on\windows. This will: if src is file move it to dst, overwriting an existing file if it exists if src is directory move it to dst, overwriting existing files if they exist see move command for full details This doesn't transfer unchanged files, testing by size and modification time or MD5SUM. src will be deleted on successful transfer. **Important**: Since this can cause data loss, test first with the --dry-run flag. **Note**: Use the `-P`/`--progress` flag to view real-time transfer statistics. ``` rclone moveto source:path dest:path [flags] ``` ### Options ``` -h, --help help for moveto ``` See the [global flags page](/flags/) for global options not listed here. ### SEE ALSO * [rclone](/commands/rclone/) - Show help for rclone commands, flags and backends.