dbxcli: A command line tool for Dropbox users and team admins
Features
- Supports basic file operations like ls, cp, mkdir, mv (via the Files API)
- Supports search
- Supports file revisions and file restore
- Chunked uploads for large files, paginated listing for large directories
- Supports a growing set of Team operations
Installation
Download pre-compiled binaries for Mac, Windows and Linux from the releases page.
Usage
dbxcli is largely self documenting. Run dbxcli -h for a list of supported commands:
$ dbxcli --help
Use dbxcli to quickly interact with your Dropbox, upload/download files,
manage your team and more. It is easy, scriptable and works on all platforms!
Usage:
dbxcli [command]
Available Commands:
cp Copy files
du Display usage information
get Download a file
ls List files
mkdir Create a new directory
mv Move files
put Upload files
restore Restore files
revs List file revisions
rm Remove files
search Search
team Team management commands
version Print version information
Flags:
--as-member string Member ID to perform action as
-v, --verbose Enable verbose logging
Use "dbxcli [command] --help" for more information about a command.
$ dbxcli team --help
Team management commands
Usage:
dbxcli team [command]
Available Commands:
add-member Add a new member to a team
info Get team information
list-groups List groups
list-members List team members
remove-member Remove member from a team
Global Flags:
--as-member string Member ID to perform action as
-v, --verbose Enable verbose logging
Use "dbxcli team [command] --help" for more information about a command.
The --verbose option will turn on verbose logging and is useful for debugging.
We need your help!
dbxcli is under active development! As you can see from the API docs, we only support a small number of features today and have only scratched the surface of what’s possible. We would love feedback from you, our users, to guide what to build next and how to improve the tool.
So please, file feature requests, report bugs or better yet, send us pull requests! More on contributing below.
Contributing
- Step 1: If you’re submitting a non-trivial change, please fill out the Dropbox Contributor License Agreement first.
- Step 2: send a pull request
- Step 3: Profit!