copyDir

copyDir is a simple command-line tool to copy readable code content from any directory into your clipboard. It supports all common code/text formats and skips binary or ignored folders.

✅ Features

• Supports CLI: copyDir /your/project or copyDir pwd
• Automatically copies to clipboard (cross-platform)
• Skips unnecessary folders like .git, node_modules, etc.
• Recognizes 40+ text-based file extensions

🚀 Usage

copyDir .         # Use current directory
copyDir pwd       # Same as above
copyDir /my/code  # Specific directory

💡 Installation

🧪 Want to use copyDir anywhere?

Option 1: Install manually to your PATH

chmod +x copyDir.py
mv copyDir.py ~/bin/copyDir

⚠️ If ~/bin is not already in your PATH, add this line to your ~/.zshrc or ~/.bashrc:

export PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH"

Then reload your shell:

source ~/.zshrc   # or ~/.bashrc

Now you can use copyDir from anywhere:

copyDir .

Option 2: Run automatic installer

python3 install.py

This will place copyDir in ~/bin and tell you if you need to add it to your PA After that, just run:

copyDir .

Command Arguments example :

copyDir .                        # Copy current file No preview
copyDir . --showContent          # Show full content
copyDir . --showContent 20       # Show first 20 lines per file
copyDir pwd --showContent 50     # Show first 50 lines in current folder

🧪 Dependencies

Python 3

pyperclip → install with:

pip install pyperclip

📦 License

MIT