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## Synopsis

```usage
usage: dvc import [-h] [-q | -v]
usage: dvc import [-h] [-q | -v] [-j <number>]
[-o <path>] [--file <filename>]
[--rev <commit>] [--no-exec] [--desc <text>]
url path
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data already exist locally and you want to "DVCfy" this state of the project
(see also `dvc commit`).

- `-j <number>`, `--jobs <number>` - number of threads to run simultaneously to
handle the downloading of files from the remote. The default value is
`4 * cpu_count()`. For SSH remotes, the default is just `4`. Using more jobs
may improve the total download speed if a combination of small and large files
are being fetched.

- `--desc <text>` - user description of the data (optional). This doesn't affect
any DVC operations.

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