José thank you, but it lyx2lyx does not do what I need.
lyx2lyx file.lyx -o file.lyx clobbers file.lyx Something like PID=$$ cp file.lyx file.$PID.lyx lyx2lyx file.$PID.lyx file.lyx doesn't fit on the command line so needs refinement as a bash script to take arguments and do further error checking... not what would call 'one the command line' el On 08/08/2017 16:07, José Abílio Matos wrote: > On Tuesday, 8 August 2017 15.50.28 WEST Dr Eberhard Lisse wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> is there a way of changing a lyx file from an older version to the > >> current one on the command line, like opening the file, making a > >> modification to trigger the saving allowed and saving it under the old > >> filename? > >> > >> find . -name '*lyx' -exec whatever {} \; > >> > >> > >> I wouldn't mind even a Apple Script :-)-O > >> > >> greetings, el > > > > I do not use macs, last time I did it was running linux as opposed to > macos 9. :-) > > > > In any case the script responsible for converting the lyx files to a > newer format is called lyx2lyx. > > > > If you get its path (e.g. here on linux it is > /usr/share/lyx/lyx2lyx/lyx2lyx) then you can call it directly. It has > several options for command line call and it even supports compressed > lyx files directly. > > > > I can help further if you need. > > > > Regards, > > -- > > José Abílio >