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fixit

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Registered: 2015-01-19

Posts: 127

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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Skaperen

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From: right by Jesus, our Saviour

Registered: 2013-06-15

Posts: 859

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)