Set duplicate file names in Duplicate file dialog (⌘ D) with browser.duplicate.format

[mmefectiva]

Hi everyone.

According to the documentation, you can customize the name of duplicate files using the hidden preferences option. On Mac, the way to achieve this would be with a command in the shell like:

defaults write ch.sudo.cyberduck browser.duplicate.format "{0} ({1}){2}"

Where:
{0} - base filename
{1} - timestamp of the file
{2} - extension (if present)

I have tried several ways to get a different format but I have not found a way. I have not found in the documentation what are the correct parameters or arguments to achieve something like:

[name]-[yyyy-mm-dd]-[ext]."backup"

To return to the default format, what I have done is delete the entry:

defaults delete ch.sudo.cyberduck browser.duplicate.format

I found this other post in the issues section that illustrates the same point.

#14440

Hopefully someone can help with this, preferably giving practical examples to achieve different results.

Greetings.

[mmefectiva]

I found the way.

To save the arguments, you must enclose them in double quotes, then in single quotes:

• Default behavior:

defaults write ch.sudo.cyberduck browser.duplicate.format "'{0} ({1}){2}'"

• [name].backup.[ext]

defaults write ch.sudo.cyberduck browser.duplicate.format "'{0}.backup{2}'"