JB-Copy

Node.js assisted folder replication on the terminal.

This runs the copy of a folder on another destination with assisted options.
You can skip some types of subfolders recursively, like node_modules or .git, so it doesn't make a full copy, ignoring those files not needed.

You can also use a navigation to select the origin and destination.

This app uses some jb-node-lib functions (see https://github.com/joelbarba/jb-node-lib)
Although you can find a compiled version all in 1 file in ./copy.js

Shortcut

It is recomended to use an alias (or shortcut) on your terminal, so you don't need to point to the source everytime you want to use it.
Example (.bashrc file):

alias copy="node /home/barba/DEV/NODE/copy.js"
alias mm="node /home/barba/DEV/NODE/remove_node_modules.js"

Arguments

The program accepts 3 optional arguments:

• Param1 → Target folder to copy (the original folder to copy)
• Param2 → Base destination path where to copy
• Param3 → Options: --run means no terminal screen (automatically run the copy with the default options)

A new folder with the name of the original folder (Param1) will be created on "Param2" path. If parameters 1 and 2 are not provided, the current path (cwd) is applied by default.

Example:

# With alias:
copy /home/barba/DEV/JB-PIANO /media/DISK12/PROGRAMES_PROPIS --run

# Without alias
node copy.js /home/barba/DEV/JB-PIANO /media/DISK12/PROGRAMES_PROPIS/

This will create a new folder ------> /media/DISK12/PROGRAMES_PROPIS/JB-PIANO and copy *.* within.

Interface

When you run the app (even with origin and destination parameters) a terminal screen shows up with 3 columns.

On the left column you can select the subfolders to be excluded on the copy (Select them and press "Enter" to check/uncheck them).

Start Copy → It will prompt a confirmation, and then start the copy process.

Analyze Directory → If you select this option (with Enter), a it runs full scan of the original folder, as it would do with the copy, to scan all the files and subfolders that will be copied, but no copy is done. On the bottom you'll see the stats of the original folder that will be copied.

Show Hidden Files → Just shows/hides the hidden files (.xxx) on the 2nd and 3rd column. These files are always copied, regardless they are shown or not.

On the 2nd column you have the origin folder.
On the 3rd column you have the destination path.

You can navigate the columns with the left/right arrows.

Remove Node Modules

An optional program is also provided to remove all node_modules/ folders recursively from the current folder

It doesn't copy anything, just delete all nested node_modules/ folders.
There is no full interface, but a quick prompt after a recursive folder scan, with some analitics:

There you can confirm to remove and run all rm -rf ./xxxx/node_modules/ that are needed.