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dots/bin/tp.sh

@@ -24,64 +24,49 @@ log_file="/home/poq/syncDir/0_downloads/tp.log"
 #echo "sync_dir:      ${sync_dir}"
 #echo "cwd:           ${cwd}"
 #echo
-echo "---" >> ${log_file}
+#echo "---" >> ${log_file}
 #echo "$@" >> ${log_file}
 
 # loop through all files to delete
 for input_file in "$@"; do
 
     # lf file manager sends multiple files as one input parameter, split by with newlines
+    # https://superuser.com/questions/284187/bash-iterating-over-lines-in-a-variable
+    declare -a theArray
 
+    while read -r line
+    do
+        theArray+=("$line")
+    done <<< "$input_file"
 
-declare -a theArray
+    for line in "${theArray[@]}"
+    do
+        #echo "$line" >> ${log_file}
 
-while read -r line
-do
-    theArray+=("$line")
-done <<< "$input_file"
+        # if input file has no path specified
+        if [[ ${input_file} != *"/"* ]]; then
+            input_file="${cwd}/${input_file}"
+        fi
 
-for line in "${theArray[@]}"
-do
-    echo "$line" >> ${log_file}
-    #Do something complex here that would break your read loop
-done
+        # substitute parts of the old path, from using the symlink folder, to the non-symlink folder
+        # example:
+        #   "/home/poq/syncDir/0_downloads/topBanner.jpg" > "/home/poq/nextcloud/syncDir/0_downloads/topBanner.jpg"
+        #
+        # please note, if a file outside of the sync directory is tp'ed, then the replacement will not happen.
+        # this is great, as trash-put should work normally outside of the sync-dir. and for files residing outside,
+        # no replacemant should be done.
 
-#    while IFS= read -r line; do
-#        echo "... $line ..."
+        # new_file=${original_string//old_substring/new_substring}
+        new_file=${input_file//$sync_dir_sym/$sync_dir}
 
-#    for line in "$input_file"
-#    do
-#        echo ${line} >> ${log_file}
-#    done
+        if [[ -f "${new_file}" ]] || [[ -d "${new_file}" ]] ; then
+            #trash-put "${new_file}"
+            #echo "${new_file}"
+            echo "${new_file}" >> ${log_file}
+        else
+            echo "error: unable to delete \"${new_file}\""
+        fi
 
-#    while IFS= read -r line; do
-#        echo "... $line ..."
-#    done <<< "$list"
-
-
-#    for input_file in
-
-#    # if input file has no path specified
-#    if [[ ${input_file} != *"/"* ]]; then
-#        input_file="${cwd}/${input_file}"
-#    fi
-#
-#    # substitute parts of the old path, from using the symlink folder, to the non-symlink folder
-#    # example:
-#    #   "/home/poq/syncDir/0_downloads/topBanner.jpg" > "/home/poq/nextcloud/syncDir/0_downloads/topBanner.jpg"
-#    #
-#    # please note, if a file outside of the sync directory is tp'ed, then the replacement will not happen.
-#    # this is great, as trash-put should work normally outside of the sync-dir. and for files residing outside,
-#    # no replacemant should be done.
-#
-#    # new_file=${original_string//old_substring/new_substring}
-#    new_file=${input_file//$sync_dir_sym/$sync_dir}
-#
-#    if [[ -f "${new_file}" ]] || [[ -d "${new_file}" ]] ; then
-#        #trash-put "${new_file}"
-#        echo "${new_file}"
-#    else
-#        echo "error: unable to delete \"${new_file}\""
-#    fi
+    done
 
 done