Ow Mun Heng <ow.mun.heng@xxxxxxx> said: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Vikram Goyal [mailto:viki@xxxxxxxxxx] > > Sent: Friday, December 12, 2003 8:29 PM > > > > The script seems interesting. Can you post it to the list inline so > > that whoever finds it fit can have it. > > This is from another site I found on the net > > #!/bin/sh > # > # Add a new text file in the current directory. > # Script prompts you for the name and if it already exists, > # then the [ number] is incremented until unique. > # > # Distributed under the terms of GNU GPL version 2 or later > # > # Copyright (C) 2001 Johnathan Bailes (bailesj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) > # based on work by Jeffrey Philips > > New_Document="`gdialog --title "Name of New Text file?" --inputbox "Name > the New Text file?" 200 100 2>&1`" > echo "$New_Document" > > COUNT=1 > > if ! [ -a "./$New_Document.txt" ] ; then > touch "./$New_Document.txt" > else > while ! [ "$retry" ] ; do > let $((COUNT++)) > if ! [ -a "./$New_Document($COUNT).txt" ] ; then > touch "./$New_Document($COUNT).txt" > retry=1 > fi > done > fi > here's my code. as you can tell, it's based upon the one above. i took into consideration how nautilus returns the location of the desktop. and basically combined both "asking mode" and "non-asking mode" for the filename generation. plus, i think i had problems with the script above whenever there are spaces in a directory. it would attempt to create multiple files because of the spaces, and result in error. maybe it only happened to me... #!/bin/sh # # Add a new text file in the current directory. # # Distributed under the terms of GNU GPL version 2 or later # # Copyright (C) 2003 Dexter Ang [thepoch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx # based on work by Jeffrey Philips and Johnathan Bailes # and a script I found on themedepot.org # KNOWN BUGS: # - Never tested with an invalid directory. Don't know how. # - When you enter a blank filename, it generates a .txt hidden file. # - There's probably more. # # 2003-12-08 Dexter Ang [thepoch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] # Modified for Nautilus 2.4 # -- now detects if executed on desktop "x-nautilus-desktop:///" # so that it creates the file in /home/{user}/Desktop # Remove comment to set Debug Mode. Displays crucial variable values #DEBUG_MODE=1 # Remove comment to automatically generate filename. Set to 1 to ask for filename #ASK_MODE=1 # Set the default extension of your preference here EXTENSION="txt" # Function for displaying variable values and anything else I want debug() { [ -n "$DEBUG_MODE" ] && gdialog --title "Debug Mode" --msgbox "$*" 200 100 } # This gets the current directory. It is "space-space" as it replaces %20 with spaces Current_Dir="`echo "$NAUTILUS_SCRIPT_CURRENT_URI" | sed -e 's/^file:\/\///' -e 's/%20/\ /g'`" # Added 2003-12-08 Dexter Ang if [ $Current_Dir == "x-nautilus-desktop:///" ]; then Current_Dir=$HOME"/Desktop" fi debug "Current_Dir = $Current_Dir" if [ $ASK_MODE == "1" ]; then debug "In Ask Mode" New_Document="`gdialog --title "New Filename" --inputbox "Enter a new filename" 200 100 2>&1`" if [ $? -ne "0" ]; then debug "Canceled" exit 1 fi else debug "In Non-Ask Mode" New_Document="New Text Document" fi debug "New_Document = $New_Document" COUNT=1 # If file doens't exist, touch it if ! [ -a "$Current_Dir/$New_Document.txt" ] ; then touch "$Current_Dir/$New_Document.txt" # else, go loop until you get a number that works! else while ! [ "$retry" ] ; do let $((COUNT++)) if ! [ -a "$Current_Dir/$New_Document($COUNT).txt" ] ; then touch "$Current_Dir/$New_Document($COUNT).txt" retry=1 fi done fi
