Forklift Tools syntax

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In Forklift there is an Tools option, which allows to make quick actions.

But I don't really get how to create one. For example a simple one - to copy files from one pane to another.

cp $SOURCE_SELECTION_NAMES $TARGET_PATH
/bin/bash cp $SOURCE_SELECTION_NAMES $TARGET_PATH
/bin/bash/cp $SOURCE_SELECTION_NAMES $TARGET_PATH

I tried these three variants but none of them work.

Error messages:

I need some other stuff like this - to covert .rtf files to .odt with a bash command:

soffice --convert-to odt $SOURCE_SELECTION_NAMES

What should i write? Maybe /bin/bash in the beginning? Still doesn't work.

From looking at the documentation /bin/cp $SOURCE_SELECTION_NAMES $TARGET_PATH should work (the other two for sure won't work). Do you have two panes open and some files selected in the active one? — nohillside, Apr 6, 2021 at 11:41
Also, are you sure your second error message was caused by any of the three things you've tried? Can you try /bin/echo cp $SOURCE_SELECTION_NAMES xxx $TARGET_PATH > /tmp/fl.txt and then add the content of /tmp/fl.txt to your question? — nohillside, Apr 6, 2021 at 11:45
@nohillside The "/bin/cp" worked! Thanks. It appears that i didn't write the location of the command write. So i located the soffice command and "/usr/local/bin/soffice --convert-to odt $SOURCE_SELECTION_NAMES" worked fine. Thank you! — fruit_alchemist, Apr 6, 2021 at 12:02

nohillside · Accepted Answer · 2021-04-06 12:15:18Z

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From looking at the example in the documentation you need to specificy the full path to the commands you want to run

/bin/cp $SOURCE_SELECTION_NAMES $TARGET_PATH
/path/to/soffice --convert-to odt $SOURCE_SELECTION_NAMES

answered Apr 6, 2021 at 12:15

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