tldr/pages/osx/ditto.md

ditto

Copy files and folders.

• Overwrite 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}}