Service Menus vs. some code again...

[oshunluvr]

On a quest to solve a new issue: A new Linux user wants a Windows file manager feature - the ability to un-hide a directory full of hidden files from the file manager. So I thought, we should be able to do that.

This means I need to find a command to do the un-hiding, then be able to run it from a Service Menu in Dolphin.

So these commands works at the command line:

find . -maxdepth 1 -type f -or -type d -iname '.*' -exec rename "s/^.//g" '.*' '{}' \;
find path/ -maxdepth 1 -type f -or -type d -iname '.*' -exec rename "s/^.//g" '.*' '{}' \;

So I put it in a Service Menu like this:

Exec=find %u -maxdepth 1 -type f -or -type d -iname '.*' -exec rename "s/^.//g" '.*' '{}' \;

and this does nothing. No errors, but no action. Seems it may have to do with the %u but I've tried %f, %F, %U, and none work.

I have tried calling the command an executable file, but haven't been successful there either. I guessing it's the path names getting in the way.

[vektor]

Hey oshunluvr

Whai if you put the code in a script and call it from the service menu?

Good luck

Vektor

[oshunluvr]

Yeah, that's what I'm going to try next. Thanks!