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24.0.92; run dired-do-async-shell-command on multiple files individually |
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Wed, 25 Jan 2012 04:17:16 -0600 |
Within dired, I want to run a shell command asynchronously on
multiple files individually. Say, most specifically I tried to
watch the postscript files foo.ps and bar.ps with gv.
So I mark foo.ps and bar.ps in the dired buffer and hit
& gv ?
In the buffer *Async Shell Command* this gives me the error message
/bin/bash: -c: line 0: syntax error near unexpected token `;'
/bin/bash: -c: line 0: `gv foo.ps &;gv bar.ps'
I get the same error message with the command dired-do-shell-command using
! gv ? &
I am not the most experienced bash expert. But it seems that bash
doesn't like the combination `&;'. Note also that there is no `&'
for `gv bar.ps'.
In a tty
$ gv foo.ps & gv bar.ps &
works fine for me (giving me what I expect to get within dired).
Am I misunderstanding the docstrings of dired-do-shell-command and
dired-do-async-shell-command (which are a bit confusing for me
concerning how to run a shell command on multiple files) or is there
a bug in the code?
In GNU Emacs 24.0.92.1 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.20.1)
of 2011-12-14 on regnitz
Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.10706000
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Re: bug#10598: 24.0.92; run dired-do-async-shell-command on multiple files individually |
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Tue, 17 Jul 2012 21:41:08 +0300 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.1.50 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) |
> Thanks a lot, this looks great to me (and also works for me as expected).
Thanks, installed and closed.
> It would be good if the info node "(emacs)Shell Commands in Dired"
> will be updated, too.
A NEWS entry for this change has no "---" indication that means
it should be documented in the manual before the next release when
the functionality is stabilized and there are no more code changes.
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