Working with the Model Library
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Copying a Model
ollama cp duplicates a model under a new name. This is the generic syntax:
ollama cp $SOURCE $TARGET
For example:
# re-download granite if you deleted it previously
MODEL=granite3.3:2b
ollama pull $MODEL
# copy it
ollama cp $MODEL my-granite-tuned
Verify with ollama list:
ollama list
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