nnn/plugins/bulknew
KlzXS 6147dc9a85
Add plugin bulknew (#662)
* Add plugin bulknew

* Update documentation

* Update dependencies

* Add whitespace note
2020-06-20 15:39:32 +02:00

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#!/usr/bin/env sh
# Description: Allows for creation of multiple files/directories at the same time.
# Plugin opens a temp file where each entry is to be written on a separate line
#
# Note: Only relative paths are supported. Absolute paths are ignored
# Leading and trailing whitespace in path names is also ignored
#
# Shell: POSIX compliant
# Author: KlzXS
EDITOR="${EDITOR:-vi}"
TMPDIR="${TMPDIR:-/tmp}"
printf "'f'ile / 'd'ir? "
read -r resp
if [ "$resp" = "f" ]; then
#shellcheck disable=SC2016
cmd='mkdir -p "$(dirname "{}")" && touch "{}"'
elif [ "$resp" = "d" ]; then
cmd='mkdir -p {}'
else
exit 1
fi
tmpfile=$(mktemp "$TMPDIR/.nnnXXXXXX")
$EDITOR "$tmpfile"
sed "/^\//d" "$tmpfile" | xargs -n1 -I{} sh -c "$cmd"
rm "$tmpfile"