Added sel script for bulk operations on files

2 files changed, 100 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index daf38f0..63650aa 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ SCRIPTS =       addressgrep \
                 popup-cal12 \
                 popup-cal3 \
                 popup-terminal \
+                sel \
                 sfeed-browser \
                 spawn \
                 templess \
diff --git a/sel b/sel
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..fd8020f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sel
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Allow bulk operations on a list of selected files.
+# Usage: sel [command]
+# If no command is specified, shows the list of selected files
+# Commands:
+#       add [files|dirs|all]: add files to selection
+#       clear: clear selection
+#       cp: copy to current dir, possbily after editing filenames
+#       edit: open selection in editor
+#       mv: move to current dir, possbily after editing filenames
+#       rm: remove selected files and clear selection
+
+# Requires: dmenu (or similar), trashrm (optional)
+
+# TODO: add possibility of specifying file.
+# TODO 2: The usage of paste(1) is a bit of a hack, and for example it does
+# not work if filenames contain tab characters. Fix this.
+
+file="$XDG_DATA_HOME/selectedfiles"
+menu=${MENU:-dmenu}
+editor=${EDITOR:-vi}
+rm=trashrm  # replace with rm -r if you don't use trashrm
+
+clear() {
+        cat /dev/null > "$file"
+}
+
+cphere() {
+        file2=$(mktemp)
+        sed 's/^.*\///' "$file" > "$file2"
+        $editor "$file2"
+        paste "$file" "$file2" | while read f; do
+                fold=$(echo "$f" | sed 's/\t.*//')
+                fnew=$(echo "$f" | sed 's/.*\t//')
+                cp -R "$fold" ./"$fnew"
+        done
+        clear
+}
+
+remove() {
+        while read f; do
+                $rm "$f"
+        done < "$file"
+}
+
+if [ -z "$1" ]; then
+        cat "$file"
+else
+case "$1" in
+        add)
+                if [ -z "$2" ]; then
+                        dmenu-filepicker >> "$file"
+                else
+                case "$2" in
+                        files)
+                                ls | while read f; do
+                                        [ -f "$f" ] && echo "$PWD/$f" >> "$file"
+                                done
+                                ;;
+                        dirs)
+                                ls | while read f; do
+                                        [ -d "$f" ] && echo "$PWD/$f" >> "$file"
+                                done
+                                ;;
+                        all)
+                                ls | while read f; do
+                                        echo "$PWD/$f" >> "$file"
+                                done
+                                ;;
+                        *)
+                                echo "$2: not a valid option"
+                                ;;
+                esac
+                fi
+                sort -u -o "$file" "$file"
+                ;;
+        clear)
+                clear
+                ;;
+        cp)
+                cphere
+                ;;
+        edit)
+                $editor "$file"
+                ;;
+        mv)
+                cphere
+                remove
+                ;;
+        rm)
+                remove
+                clear
+                ;;
+        *)
+                echo "$1: not a valid sel command"
+                ;;
+esac
+fi