This Ruby script will copy files from one directory to another with a small delay. This is useful for the Shopify Theme application for example, which will not upload files if they are copied all at once into a directory. By uploading them one by one with a delay, you can still upload them all and save time if you have lots of files.

copy_files_with_delay.rb

require 'fileutils'

# Replace Dominic with your actual user name. Use 'pwd' command to find this if you're not sure.
source_dir = Dir["/Users/Dominic/Downloads/sourcedirectory/*.*"] # Get all files with any extension in the folder 'sourcedirectory'

source_dir.each do |item| 
  FileUtils.cp(item, '/Users/Dominic/Documents/targetdirectory/') # Copy the item in the loop to the folder 'targetdirectory'
  sleep(5) # Wait 5 seconds before moving on to the next item in the loop.
end