From 4f78ff61a1a2fc1a447ba4c9223a41ba21c6efaf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: committer <committer93721@fmail.cx>
Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2024 13:13:27 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] + support for multiple input files

---
 dots/bin/tp.sh | 49 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------
 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)

diff --git a/dots/bin/tp.sh b/dots/bin/tp.sh
index 078feef..45ecc5e 100755
--- a/dots/bin/tp.sh
+++ b/dots/bin/tp.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ if [ $# -lt 1 ]; then
     echo "usage: '$this_file_name [path_to_file]'"
     exit 1
 fi
-#input_file=$1
 input_files=( "$@" )
 
 sync_dir_sym=/home/${USER}/syncDir
@@ -17,30 +16,36 @@ sync_dir=${!syncdir_env_var} # '!' to use the name and not the value
 cwd=$(pwd)
 
 # nifty for debugging:
-echo ${input_files}
+#echo ${input_files[@]}
 #echo ${sync_dir_sym}
 #echo ${sync_dir}
 #echo ${cwd}
+#echo
 
-# if input file has not path specified
-if [[ ${input_file} != *"/"* ]]; then
-  input_file=${cwd}/${input_file}
-fi
+# loop through all files to delete
+for input_file in ${input_files[@]}; do
 
-# 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 input file has not path specified
+    if [[ ${input_file} != *"/"* ]]; then
+    input_file=${cwd}/${input_file}
+    fi
 
-if [[ -f ${new_file} ]] || [[ -d ${new_file} ]] ; then
-    #trash-put ${new_file}
-    echo ${new_file}
-else
-    echo "error: unable to delete ${new_file}"
-fi
+    # substitute parts of the old path, from using the symlink folder, to the non-symlink folder
+    # example:
+    #   "/home/poq/syncDir/0_downloads/topBanner.jpg" > "/home/poq/nextcloud/syncDir/0_downloads/topBanner.jpg"
+    #
+    # please note, if a file outside of the sync directory is tp'ed, then the replacement will not happen.
+    # this is great, as trash-put should work normally outside of the sync-dir. and for files residing outside,
+    # no replacemant should be done.
+    #
+    # new_file=${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