From bc728ed1aad740d8d9af5a394eceffa24bb4fe64 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "committer@tuxwarrior" <committer019@tuxwarrior.com>
Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2025 15:11:33 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] + lfMultiSelectHandler.sh

---
 dots/bin/lfMultiSelectHandler.sh | 84 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 84 insertions(+)
 create mode 100755 dots/bin/lfMultiSelectHandler.sh

diff --git a/dots/bin/lfMultiSelectHandler.sh b/dots/bin/lfMultiSelectHandler.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..ede1700
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dots/bin/lfMultiSelectHandler.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# klevstul :: 25.04
+
+this_file_name=`basename "$0"`
+
+
+if [ $# -lt 2 ]; then
+    echo "error: path to file is missing."
+    echo "usage: '$this_file_name [callback] [input_array]'"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+sync_dir_sym=/home/${USER}/syncDir
+syncdir_env_var=SYNCDIR_${HOSTNAME}
+sync_dir=${!syncdir_env_var} # '!' to use the name and not the value
+cwd=$(pwd)
+callback=$1
+
+echo
+echo "DEBUG: debugging values:"
+echo "DEBUG: input args (all):    $@"
+echo "DEBUG: input args (one by one):"
+for i in "$@"; do echo "DEBUG:                   $i"; done;
+echo "DEBUG: sync_dir_sym:  ${sync_dir_sym}"
+echo "DEBUG: sync_dir:      ${sync_dir}"
+echo "DEBUG: cwd:           ${cwd}"
+echo "DEBUG: callback:      ${callback}"
+echo
+
+# remove the first element (the callback) from $@
+# https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2701400/remove-first-element-from-in-bash
+shift
+
+
+# loop through all files received as an parameter array
+indexA=0
+for input_file in "${@}"; do
+    indexA=$((indexA+1))
+    echo "- - - - - - - - - -"
+    echo "DEBUG [indexA]: ${indexA}"
+    echo "DEBUG [\$@]: $@"
+    echo "DEBUG [input_file]: ${input_file[@]}"
+
+    # lf file manager sends multiple files as one input parameter, split by with newlines
+    # https://superuser.com/questions/284187/bash-iterating-over-lines-in-a-variable
+    declare -a theArray
+    # reset array | https://stackoverflow.com/questions/28737493/resetting-an-array-and-filling-it-with-values-in-a-bash-script
+    theArray=()
+    while read -r arrayLine
+    do
+        theArray+=("$arrayLine")
+    done <<< "$input_file"
+
+    echo "DEBUG [theArray]: ${theArray[@]}"
+
+    indexB=0
+    for line in "${theArray[@]}"
+    do
+        indexB=$((indexB+1))
+        echo "    DEBUG [indexB]: ${indexB}"
+        echo "    DEBUG [line]: ${line}"
+
+        # if input file has no path specified
+        if [[ ${line} != *"/"* ]]; then
+            line="${cwd}/${line}"
+        fi
+
+        # substitute parts of the old path, from using the symlink folder, to the non-symlink folder
+        # example:
+        #   "/home/poq/syncDir/0_downloads/topBanner.jpg" > "/home/poq/nextcloud/syncDir/0_downloads/topBanner.jpg"
+        # new_file=${original_string//old_substring/new_substring}
+        new_file=${line//$sync_dir_sym/$sync_dir}
+
+        if [[ -f "${new_file}" ]] || [[ -d "${new_file}" ]] ; then
+            echo "    DEBUG: executing '${callback} ${new_file}'"
+            ${callback} ${new_file}
+        else
+            echo "ERROR: file not found: \"${new_file}\""
+        fi
+
+    done
+
+done