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Pathier

Pathier

Kyky Dev

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9 installs
| (3) | Free
A simple VS Code extension that creates files and folders from a path string.
Installation
Launch VS Code Quick Open (Ctrl+P), paste the following command, and press enter.
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Pathier: Path Creator Extension for VS Code

A simple VS Code extension that creates files and folders from a path string.

Features

  • Create a complete file path with a single command
  • Keyboard shortcut: Cmd+Opt+N (or Ctrl+Alt+N on Windows)
  • Automatically creates all necessary folders in the path
  • Uses "/" as the path separator

Usage

  1. Press Cmd+Opt+N (or Ctrl+Alt+N on Windows) to directly activate the command
    • Alternatively, open the command palette (Ctrl+Shift+P / Cmd+Shift+P) and type "Pathier"
  2. Enter a path like folder/subfolder/file.txt
  3. The extension will create all required folders and the file, then open it

Examples

  • file.txt - Creates a file at the workspace root
  • folder/file.txt - Creates a folder and a file inside it
  • folder1/folder2/folder3/file.js - Creates a nested folder structure with a file
  • ./file.ts - Creates a file in the same folder as the active editor

Requirements

VS Code 1.60.0 or newer

Extension Settings

Currently, this extension doesn't provide any additional settings.

Known Issues

None at this time.

Release Notes

1.6.3

You can now use ./ in the starting prompt to create folder/files relative to the folder of the active editor

1.5.0

Add suport for multiple files being created in a nested folder

0.1.0

Initial release of Path Creator

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