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This article explains how to copy a space in the same instance using the Confluence Command Line Interface (CLI) app. 

Instructions

Use the copySpace action to copy a space . with space and newSpace as required parameters    

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Execute the

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following action copies the current space, CLI, to new space, COPYCLI

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--action copySpace --space "CLI" --newSpace "COPYCLI" --name "CopySpace_CLI" --description "Creation of CopySpace_CLI" --copyBlogs --copyAttachments --copyLabels --copyComments --copyPermissions --continue

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The result of the

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given action is as follows:

• Output on the terminal:
  

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  --action copySpace --space "CLI" --newSpace "COPYCLI" --name "CopySpace_CLI" --description "Creation of CopySpace_CLI" --copyBlogs --copyAttachments --copyLabels --copyComments --copyPermissions --continue Space added with key COPYCLI, name 'CopySpace_CLI', and url http://localhost:8704acli2.examplegear.com/display/COPYCLI. 3 space permissions copied from space CLI to space COPYCLI. Page 'Confluence_CLI Home' copied to 'Confluence_CLI Home' in COPYCLI. Page 'Blogging tutorial' copied to 'Blogging tutorial' in COPYCLI with parent 'Confluence_CLI Home'. 1 comments copied from page 'Blogging tutorial' to 'Blogging tutorial' in space COPYCLI. 1 labels copied. Page 'addPage_CLI' copied to 'addPage_CLI' in COPYCLI with parent 'Confluence_CLI Home'. Attachment 'pics.jpg' copied to 'addPage_CLI' in space COPYCLI. Attachment 'butterfly.jpg' copied to 'addPage_CLI' in space COPYCLI. 2 attachments copied from page 'addPage_CLI' to 'addPage_CLI' in space COPYCLI. 2 comments copied from page 'addPage_CLI' to 'addPage_CLI' in space COPYCLI. 1 labels copied. 3 page permissions copied from page 'addPage_CLI' in space CLI to page 'addPage_CLI' in space COPYCLI. Permissions were replaced. Page 'CLI_Title_1' copied to 'CLI_Title_1' in COPYCLI with parent 'addPage_CLI'. Page 'CLI_Title_2' copied to 'CLI_Title_2' in COPYCLI with parent 'addPage_CLI'. Page 'CLI_Title_3' copied to 'CLI_Title_3' in COPYCLI with parent 'addPage_CLI'. Page 'Confluence_CLI Home' with 5 descendents copied to 'Confluence_CLI Home' in space COPYCLI. Page has id 13172763. 6 pages copied. Blog 'Blog_Title' copied to 'Blog_Title' in space COPYCLI. Blog has id 13172776. Posting date was 2020-04-08. 1 blogs copied. Space copied successfully to COPYCLI.

  
  

• Output in Confluence:

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The above action contains the following parameters: 

• copySpace:   Creates a new space and copies pages to the new space. Other information can also be copied as well based on other parameters. By default, find-replace logic applies only to content. To also apply the find-replace logic to the title, use --options applyFindReplaceOnTitles.
• space: Space key. For some actions, a space name may also work.
• newSpace: New  New space key for the copied or moved page.
• name: Space name or file name for the attachment.
• description: Descriptive text.
• copyBlogs: Copy blogs when copying a space.
• copyAttachments: Copy attachments when copying a page.
• copyLabels: Copy labels when copying a page or space.
• copyComments: Copy comments when copying a page.
• copyPermissions: Copy permissions when copying a page or space. Source permissions replace existing target permissions. Note Confluence page permissions are really done copied as restrictions.
• continue: Continue processing even after errors are encountered for run actions. Also used for some action actions to ignore certain errors like not found errors on remove actions.

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