!-- On Mon 26.Aug'13 at 0:12:19 BST, Dan Espen (des...@verizon.net), wrote:
> Dan Espen <des...@verizon.net> writes: > > > Try replacing '*.jpg' with just '*'. > > > > *.* is from Windows .BAT files. > > > > When referring to $i, always include quotes like this: > > > > do echo AddToMenu JpgMenu "`basename "$i"`" Exec xv "$i"; done' > > > > (You need the quotes to handle file names with spaces.) > > > > Instead of 'Exec xv' do: > > > > Exec exec my-handle-file. > > > > Where "my-handle-file" is a shell you write that figures out what > > program to execute. > > > > In my-handle-file figure out what to execute based on $1: > > > > case "$1" in > > *.jpg) exec xv $1;; > > *.doc) exec ooffice $1;; > > *) echo "say what";; > > esac > > (Oops, of course quotes around all the references to $1, > and my-handle-file must be a shell with execute permission > and in your $PATH.) Hi Dan, thanks very much for explaining that. It makes sense to me now. I will try out some new menus using this approach. It's very coold being able to do stuff like this. I really need to extend my shell skills so I can do more cools things. Cheers, Jamie. -- James Griffin: jmz at kontrol.kode5.net [A4B9 E875 A18C 6E11 F46D B788 BEE6 1251 1D31 DC38]
