Copy Path (Unix Style)

Copy absolute and relative Windows paths to clipboard in Unix/Linux/POSIX style. Can be configured to copy paths in Git Bash format, WSL format, Cygwin format, Windows forward-slash format, and Windows double-backslash format.

Features

By default, the extension adds the following commands to copy the active file path and file relative paths in Unix style

• Copy Path (Unix Style): /c/chris/project-name/src/extension.ts
• Copy Relative Path (Unix Style): src/extension.ts

Command Palette

Editor Title Context Menu

Explorer Context Menu

Customization

Default Format

The format used by default can be modified via the copy-path-unixstyle.defaultFormat setting:

Format	Example	Default
GitBash	/c/chris/project-name/src/extension.ts	✔️
WSL	/mnt/c/chris/project-name/src/extension.ts
Cygwin	/cygdrive/c/chris/project-name/src/extension.ts
WindowsForwardSlash	C:/chris/project-name/src/extension.ts
WindowsDblBackslash	C:\\chris\\project-name\\src\\extension.ts

Additional Commands

If you want to be able to copy paths in multiple formats, you can enable additional commands with the following settings:

Setting	Enables Command	Default
copy-path-unixstyle.copyPathCommand.enable	Copy Path (Unix Style)	true
copy-path-unixstyle.copyPathGitBashFormatCommand.enable	Copy Path (Unix Style - Git Bash format)	false
copy-path-unixstyle.copyPathWSLFormatCommand.enable	Copy Path (Unix Style - WSL format)	false
copy-path-unixstyle.copyPathCygwinFormatCommand.enable	Copy Path (Unix Style - Cygwin format)	false
copy-path-unixstyle.copyPathWindowsForwardSlashFormatCommand.enable	Copy Path (Unix Style - Windows format using /)	false
copy-path-unixstyle.copyPathWindowsDblBackslashFormatCommand.enable	Copy Path (Unix Style - Windows format using \\)	false

Acknowledgements

This extension was inspired by the following extensions. I am extremely grateful to have these extensions as a reference and inspiration. Thank you.

• https://github.com/bpasero/copy-path-relative-posix (rssowl.copy-relative-path-posix)
• https://github.com/sailhenz/copy-path-linux (sailhenz.copy-path-linux)