I use Cygwin command line a lot. Frequently I summon my file explorer (Explorer, Midnight Commander, Directory Opus and now Total Commander) from the command line, so here is my script to do that for Total Commander: http://robertmarkbramprogrammer.blogspot.com/2009/08/open-total-commander-from-cygwin.html
I wrote it to give me an easy way to:
- Open paths in currently running instance.
- Open paths in existing or new tabs.
- Specify paths for left and/or right panels.
Code for it..
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#!/bin/bash
#===============================================================================
#
# FILE: totalCommander.sh
#
# USAGE: see usage
#
# DESCRIPTION: Open Total Commander to whatever path.
#
# OPTIONS: - see usage
# REQUIREMENTS: - Total Commander be installed http://www.ghisler.com/
# - Paths requested to be opened exist
# BUGS: ---
# NOTES: ---
# AUTHOR: Robert Mark Bram (RMB), robertmarkbram@gmail.com
# COMPANY: http://robertmarkbramprogrammer.blogspot.com/
# VERSION: 1.0
# CREATED: 07/31/09 16:54:46 AUSEST
# REVISION: ---
#===============================================================================
set -o nounset # Treat unset variables as an error
#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Variables for this script.
#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Open new tabs? Blank for no, '/T' for yes.
newTab=
# Path to open on left.
tcpathLeft=
# Path to open on right.
tcpathRight=
# Total Commander command.
totalCommander=/apps/totalcmd/TOTALCMD.EXE
# Should we be verbose?
verbose=no
#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Common functions for this script.
#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#=== FUNCTION ================================================================
# NAME: checkVars
# DESCRIPTION: Check initial state of vars in this script.
# PARAMETERS:
# RETURNS:
#===============================================================================
function checkVars() {
if [ -z "$tcpathLeft" -a -z "$tcpathRight" ] ; then
tcpathLeft=.
elif [ ! -z "$tcpathLeft" -a ! -e "${tcpathLeft}" ] ; then
usage "Left location [${tcpathLeft}] does not exist."
exit 2;
elif [ ! -z "$tcpathRight" -a ! -e "${tcpathRight}" ] ; then
usage "Right location [${tcpathRight}] does not exist."
exit 2;
fi
type $totalCommander &> /dev/null
if [ ! -e "$totalCommander" ]; then
echo "There is no spoon. Or total commander @ '$totalCommander'."
exit 2;
fi
}
#=== FUNCTION ================================================================
# NAME: message
# DESCRIPTION: Output message if verbose is on
# PARAMETERS: message to be printed
# RETURNS: -
#===============================================================================
message ()
{
if [ "$verbose" == "yes" ] ; then
echo -e "${1}"
fi
} # ---------- end of function message ----------
#=== FUNCTION ================================================================
# NAME: processArgs
# DESCRIPTION: Check command line arguments.
# PARAMETERS: $@ from this script invocation
# RETURNS: Exit or take other action with error messages
#===============================================================================
processArgs ()
{
# Process all the opening arguments.
while [ "$#" -gt 0 ]
do # until we have no more args to process.
case "${1}" in
"-h" ) usage; exit 0;;
"--help" ) usage; exit 0;;
"-l" ) tcpathLeft="${2}"; shift; shift;;
"-r" ) tcpathRight="${2}"; shift; shift;;
"-t" ) newTab="/T"; shift;;
"-v" ) verbose=yes; shift;;
* ) usage "Unknown option: $1" ; exit 2;;
esac
done
} # ---------- end of function processArgs ----------
#=== FUNCTION ================================================================
# NAME: help
# DESCRIPTION: Output usage statement and exit.
# PARAMETERS: Error message.
# RETURNS:
#===============================================================================
function usage() {
# Here document for help.. less or cat
errMessage=
if [ "$#" -gt 0 ] ; then
errMessage=$1
else
errMessage=HELP
fi
# Here document for help.. less or cat
cat << STOP_HELP
$errMessage
usage: $0 [-t] [-l leftPath] [-r rightPath]
Open Total Commander to paths, if specified, or current directory otherwise.
Always uses currently running instance. Opens new instance if none are running.
-l - Path to open in left tab.
If neither -l or -r are given, default value is "-l .".
-r - Path to open in right tab.
If neither -l or -r are given, default value is "-l .".
-t - Open paths in new tabs.
-v - verbose
Examples
1) Open current directory in left panel, current tab.
$0
2) Open current directory in left panel, parent directory in right panel in new
tabs.
$0 -l . -r .. -t
STOP_HELP
}
#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Script Logic
#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
processArgs "$@"
checkVars
if [ ! -z "$tcpathLeft" ] ; then
tcpathLeft=/L=`cygpath -d -a "${tcpathLeft}"`
fi
if [ ! -z "$tcpathRight" ] ; then
tcpathRight=/R=`cygpath -d -a "${tcpathRight}"`
fi
message "TC with left [$tcpathLeft], right [$tcpathRight] with new tab [$newTab]."
$totalCommander /O $newTab "${tcpathLeft}" "${tcpathRight}" &
# echo Done.
