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copick cp

core

Copy or duplicate copick objects by URI.

Usage

copick cp [OPTIONS] {picks|mesh|segmentation} URI URI

Description

Copies picks, meshes, or segmentations identified by copick URIs, either within a run or across runs. Both single-object copies and pattern-based batch copies are supported: a concrete TARGET_URI duplicates one object, while a glob/regex SOURCE_URI combined with a templated TARGET_URI copies many matching objects at once. Source objects are never modified, and existing targets are only replaced when --overwrite is given.

Picks and meshes are addressed as object_name:user_id/session_id; segmentations add a voxel spacing as name:user_id/session_id@voxel_spacing. For pattern-based copies, the TARGET_URI may use the placeholders {object_name}, {name}, {user_id}, {session_id}, and {voxel_spacing} (segmentations only), each filled from the corresponding field of the matched source object.

Arguments

Argument Description
OBJECT_TYPE Type of object to copy (picks, mesh, or segmentation).
SOURCE_URI Source copick URI pattern (supports glob and regex).
TARGET_URI Target copick URI (use template placeholders for pattern-based copies).

Options

Option Type Default Description
-c, --config path Path to the configuration file.
-r, --run text Specific run name to operate on (default: all runs).
--overwrite / --no-overwrite boolean flag False Allow overwriting existing target objects.
--workers, -w integer 8 Number of parallel worker processes.
--debug / --no-debug boolean flag False Enable debug logging.

Examples

# Create a backup copy of a single pick set
copick cp picks "ribosome:user1/session-001" "ribosome:backup/session-001" -c config.json

# Duplicate all manual picks to a backup user
copick cp picks "ribosome:user1/manual-*" "ribosome:backup/{session_id}" -c config.json

# Create test copies of segmentations across voxel spacing
copick cp segmentation "membrane:user1/final-*@10.0" "membrane:user1/test-{session_id}@10.0" -c config.json

# Copy picks to a different object name
copick cp picks "ribosome:user1/*" "ribosome_80s:user1/{session_id}" -c config.json

See also

  • copick mv — move or rename copick objects by URI
  • copick rm — remove copick objects by URI