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fixit

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Registered: 2015-01-19

Posts: 128

Get filename of multiple files

This works with single files but not multiple files.

Can I fix it?

basename %F > filename.txt && geany filename.txt && rm filename.txt

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Ubuntu-Mate 24.04

Skaperen

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From: right by Jesus, our Saviour

Registered: 2013-06-15

Posts: 862

Re: Get filename of multiple files

i do not have a command named geany and have no idea what it does.  i have no idea what you want to get out of this.

my general approach to do some one thing to many files is to run a loop in a subshell like this:

(for filename in *;do ls -l "$filename";done)

the () to make a subshell are not literally required, but if a mistake is made, it is easier to kill what is going on, so i recommend having at least one subshell layer.

Last edited by Skaperen (2024-09-24 03:12:21)

fixit

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Registered: 2015-01-19

Posts: 128

Re: Get filename of multiple files

i do not have a command named geany and have no idea what it does.  i have no idea what you want to get out of this.

my general approach to do some one thing to many files is to run a loop in a subshell like this:

(for filename in *;do ls -l "$filename";done)

the () to make a subshell are not literally required, but if a mistake is made, it is easier to kill what is going on, so i recommend having at least one subshell layer.

Geany is an text editor.

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Ubuntu-Mate 24.04

Skaperen

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From: right by Jesus, our Saviour

Registered: 2013-06-15

Posts: 862

Re: Get filename of multiple files

are you going to be editing more than one file in one geany session or are you going to run separate geany sessions per file?

whatever way, how will you be providing the names of files?  will it be a list saved in a file of its own?

Last edited by Skaperen (2024-10-08 06:28:27)