duplicate a directory in terminal code example

Example 1: mac clone directory duplicate

# Is there something special with that directory or are you really just asking how to copy directories?
# Copy recursively via CLI:

cp -R <sourcedir> <destdir>

Example 2: zip current directory mac command line

zip -r output_file.zip .

Example 3: python loop opening file from directory

basepath = "pathtodir/DataFiles/"
for filename in os.listdir(basepath):
    if filename.endswith(".log"): 
        print(os.path.join("./DataFiles", filename))

        with open(basepath + filename) as openfile:    
            for line in openfile:
            ........