Examples
- Last Updated: April 14, 2026
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- MarkLogic Server
- Version 10.0
- Documentation
This example copies all documents and their metadata from the source database to the destination database:
# Windows users, see Modifying the Example Commands for Windows
$ mlcp.sh copy -mode local -input_host srchost -input_port 8000 \
-input_username user1 -input_password password1 \
-output_host desthost -output_port 8010 -output_username user2 \
-output_password password2
This example copies selected documents, excluding the source permissions and adding the documents to 2 new collections in the destination database:
# Windows users, see Modifying the Example Commands for Windows
$ mlcp.sh copy -mode local -input_host srchost -input_port 8000 \
-input_username user1 -input_password password1 \
-output_host desthost -output_port 8000 -output_username user2 \
-output_password password2 -copy_permissions false \
-output_collections shakespeare,plays
For an example of using -query_filter, see Example: Exporting Documents Matching a Query.