rclone

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The manpage's 'Synopsis' provides a fast reference.

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2We'll assume a folder in Google Drive called 'test', and local folder called 'foo'.
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4Generate a config file with:
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6```bash
7rclone config

Look at the contents of Google Drive:

1rclone ls gd:/

If rclone loses authorization:

1rclone authorization

List only directories:

1rclone lsf -dirs-only google:/

Mount the remote location on /tmp/google with:

1rclone mount google /tmp/google

Copy the contents of 'foo' to 'test'.

1rclone copy foo/ google:test

Sync contents of foo and test with a progress bar (will delete Google items):

1rclone sync foo google:test -P

Remove all duplicates

1rclone dedupe google:test

Delete contets of a remote file:

1rclone delete n:test

Or delete the folder and contents as well:

1rclone purge n:test

Copy to and from with:

1rclone copyto google:test foo

or

1rclone copyto foo google:test