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fixit

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Registered: 2015-01-19

Posts: 129

[SOLVED] Custom action problem

When I run this, filename.txt in Geany is empty.

It runs ok up to geany filename.txt.

What am I doing wrong?

basename %f > filename.txt | geany filename.txt | rm filename.txt

Thanks.

Last edited by KBar (2022-08-16 05:27:49)

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ToZ

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Registered: 2011-06-02

Posts: 11,485

Re: [SOLVED] Custom action problem

Without knowing exactly what you're trying to accomplish, I would guess that filename.txt is being deleted before geany has a chance to open it. Try this command instead:

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

...the "&&" will wait until the previous command completes before it executes the next one.

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fixit

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Registered: 2015-01-19

Posts: 129

Re: [SOLVED] Custom action problem

Thanks. That worked great.

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