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Use rofi to select file or folder until file is selected, then print it.
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#!/usr/bin/env bash | |
# selectfile | |
# Use rofi to select file or folder until file is selected, then print it. | |
# Arguments | |
# $1=directory to start, defaults to "." (specified in variable default_dir) | |
# Source directory with systems folders. | |
default_dir="." | |
# Filter modes: normal, regex, glob, fuzzy, prefix | |
rofi_filter_mode="regex" | |
# Prompt in rofi, defaults to scriptname. | |
prompt="${0##*/}" | |
# rofi command to run for each selection. | |
rofi="rofi -dmenu -p "$prompt" -lines 15 -matching $rofi_filter_mode -i" | |
if [[ -z $1 ]] | |
then | |
dir=`readlink -f "$default_dir"` | |
else | |
dir=`readlink -f "$1"` | |
fi | |
# selected will be set to empty string, if user cancels in rofi. This should | |
# start out with any value, as the until loop stops if its empty. | |
# ! Attention: Be careful with modifying these things, otherwise you could end | |
# up in an infinite loop. | |
selected="x" | |
file="" | |
until [[ -f "$file" || "$selected" == "" ]] | |
do | |
# List all folders in the directory and add ".." as top entry. | |
filelist=`ls --color=never -1N "$dir"` | |
selected=`echo -e "..\n$filelist" | $rofi -mesg "$dir"` | |
if [[ "$selected" == "" ]] | |
then | |
file="" | |
elif [[ "$selected" == ".." ]] | |
then | |
# ".." will be translated to go up one folder level and run rofi again. | |
dir=${dir%/*} | |
else | |
file="$dir/$selected" | |
dir="$file" | |
fi | |
done | |
# Extract folder portion, if its a file. This is needed, because the dir | |
# variable is overwritten previously. | |
# if [[ -f "$file" ]] | |
# then | |
# dir=${dir%/*} | |
# fi | |
# echo "$dir" | |
# Finally print the fullpath of selected file. | |
if [[ ! "$file" == "" ]] | |
then | |
echo "$file" | |
fi |
Thank you and good to know. Happy scripting. 😎
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Great script
Perfectly works for my setup