Total Commander

By popular request :

I think an internal multi-execute feature would be very useful. Basically, it could be Total Commander's version of the "For %P" construct in DOS, except that it would work on 'selected files' too. It would allow you to perform an external operation on multiple files, one at a time.

The dialog could look something like this:

[face=courier]Command to execute: c:\progs\txt2jpg.exe
Parameters: %P%N /x /y /z
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Use: [x] Selected files [_] Filespec: *.*
Execute: [_] Simultaneously [x] Consecutively
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Save this definition as internal command: MYTXT2JPG[/face]

(that last option would allow you to create a button that executes this same command, so you can easily re-use it in the future)

All those in favor, say Aye!

Support +1

An additional request is to allow multiple command.

A modification of the user_command should be sufficient with additional parameters ( Single/Multi-File/Multi-Recursive Sequential,Parallel)

Aye!

Aye! IMHO, the ability to control launching of the multiple selected files is one of the essential features of a file manager. And CopyCats proposal seems to be clean and user friendly.

+1!

+1. But [x]Consecutively has to be done in separate thread.

Aye!
So far, I often solved such things by making a custom .BAT-file, and using the command-bar of TC to execute.
Adding this feature as an internal command, seems quite elegant.

Support ++

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Use: [_] Selected files [X] Filespec: *.tmp [X] Recursive


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Description: _this command is for... ____


(yes!, i know branch view )

Support ++

plus:

Option to ask for the command such as:

echo seen > %L

Support.

Just need this.

 
Interesting feature, support ++.
 

Support++

There is a tool called lst2multi available on our addons page which can be used for this purpose:
http://www.ghisler.com/tools.htm#other

lst2multi 1.3
List to multi-instance converter. This tool can be used together with the button bar in Total Commander to open all selected files with a specific program, with the click of a single button (direct download).

ghisler(Author) wrote:There is a tool called lst2multi

This was discussed a million times: such a tools have a big drawback - user should create separate button for every specific program he wants to use. And it is impossible to use such a tool in command line, because placeholders are not expanded.

ghisler(Author) wrote:There is a tool called lst2multi available on our addons page which can be used for this purpose:

2ghisler(Author)

The aim of this is to have the functionality integrated in TC and to have a single point where we configure/define "user command" that can be used for a selection of file instead of only having effect on the current file !

I developed a lst2multi replacement as external tool to be able to define em_cmd and execute such command using alias in the command line ! But it is more elegant and easier to have a single usecmd.ini file to maintain instead of having additional files/syntax !

I would like to see this integrated in TC, too.