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page_title: "Commands: ACL Token Clone"
sidebar_current: "docs-commands-acl-token-clone"
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# Consul ACL Token Clone

Command: `consul acl token clone`

The `acl token clone` command clones an existing token.

## Usage

Usage: `consul acl token clone [options]`

#### API Options

<%= partial "docs/commands/http_api_options_client" %>
<%= partial "docs/commands/http_api_options_server" %>

#### Command Options

* `-description=<string>` - A description of the new cloned token.

* `-id=<string>` -  The Accessor ID of the token to clone. It may be specified
   as a unique ID prefix but will error if the prefix matches multiple token
   Accessor IDs. The special value of 'anonymous' may be provided instead of
   the anonymous tokens accessor ID

## Examples

Clone a token:

```sh
$ consul acl token clone -id 59f8 -description "Clone of Super User"
Token cloned successfully.
AccessorID:   dcfa52ed-9288-b3ff-056d-255ef69d2d88
SecretID:     0005d17e-5bb2-7e8b-7bfa-15f2eee9ad14
Description:  Clone of Super User
Local:        false
Create Time:  2018-10-22 16:26:02.909096 -0400 EDT
Policies:
   00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001 - global-management
```
