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I have been given an arbitrary list of files across a complex directory tree which I would like to archive for transfer and deployment. Is there an interactive tree tag-and-archive application either OSX native or from the command line I could use to do so?

I can't really use a script (which I would prefer) since the list I've been given is not reliable in terms of exact file location, I'd need to clean it up quite a bit. Therefore I'd prefer a GUI or command-line UI for selectively choosing the files based on common sense matching.

It should be noted, I don't necessarily need to end up with an archive, if its a copy of the selected tree structure that would also be fine, however ultimately I need a tarball.

Thanks for any suggestions.

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