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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}}