ditto

Copy directory hierarchies and create or extract archives (macOS).

Runs as ditto|macOS

Command form

ai-draft · 3 tasks · 8 fields

Copy a directory tree, or create/extract a CPIO or zip archive. Resource-fork, ACL and HFS compression switches are left out.

Opens the form; the finished command lands at your prompt, unrun

Run in Otty

otty gui ditto

Copy or archiveExample values, fixed in this page — nothing here reaches a terminal

Basic

Source*

any

Destination*

any

Advanced

Print each source directory copied

-v

Do not cross device boundaries

-X

TasksEach one presets the form for one job

Copy a tree

sourcesdestverboseone_device

Create a zip archive

sourcesdestcreatezipkeep_parent

Extract a zip archive

sourcesdestextractzip

ParametersOnly these flags are editable in the form

Source

path · positional 0 · repeatable

Destination

path · positional 1

Create an archive

boolean

-c

Extract archive sources

boolean

-x

Use PKZip instead of CPIO

boolean

-k

Embed parent directory name in archive

boolean

--keepParent

Print each source directory copied

boolean

-v

Do not cross device boundaries

boolean

-X

SourcesEvery flag above is checked against these

fig

completion

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Before it fills your prompt, Otty checks the installed ditto against its version. A form that does not match your version is not offered.