# CLI command to migrate a single category

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/cli-command-to-migrate-a-single-category/35728
**Category:** Feature
**Tags:** rfc, spec
**Created:** [November 18, 2015, 6:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cli-command-to-migrate-a-single-category/35728 "2015-11-18T06:16:57Z")
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### Author: ![neil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/neil/32/102150_2.png) [@neil](https://meta.discourse.org/u/neil)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2016, 10:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cli-command-to-migrate-a-single-category/35728/5 "2016-02-02T22:14:08Z")

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The tool is described here:

> [@Move topics from one Discourse instance to another](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-and-category-export-import/38930):
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> Need to move some stuff from one instance of Discourse to another? There is a command line tool to export a topic, a set of topics, or an entire category, and another to import them in at the other end. Topic Export/Import one or more topics and their replies the users who posted in the topic Category Export/Import the category and all its subcategories its security settings custom groups mentioned in the security settingswarning if any of the groups have ‘membership requests’ enable…

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