Copy Multiple Files Content

Copy the contents of multiple files into the clipboard at once — directly from the Explorer or the active editor.

Features

Select multiple files and/or folders in the Explorer and copy their combined contents to the clipboard.
Recursive folder traversal.
Deduplication of files (case-insensitive on Windows).

Adds clear headers and footers around each file’s content:

==== Start of the File: <name> ====
<file content>

==== End of the File: <name> ====

In the Explorer, select the files and/or folders.
Right-click → Copy Contents of Selected Files
- Or run the same command from the Command Palette.
- Or use the shortcut Ctrl+Alt+C / ⌘⌥C.
Paste anywhere — the merged contents are now in your clipboard.

From the Editor, you can also run the command on the currently open file.

Explorer context menu: inside the Cut / Copy / Paste group (at the bottom).
Editor context menu: at the bottom of the corresponding group.

Install from the VS Code Marketplace: search for “Copy Multiple Files Content” (publisher: cubedroid).

Or install a packaged .vsix manually:

code --install-extension copy-multiple-files-content-<version>.vsix

npm install
npm run compile
# Press F5 in VS Code to launch the Extension Development Host

If you encounter issues or have feature requests, please open an Issue or contact support@cubedroid.com.

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