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alias help using ScanFs (to grep files from the FARR command line?)
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ottenm:
I'm hoping to grep text files from the FARR command line, or at least open ScanFs with the arguments I type in to FARR.
Based on this 10-year old thread: https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=13567.0
... I end up with the following alias in myaliases.alias (just changing the launch path).
<AliasText>grep</AliasText>
<Score>1000</Score>
<Results>
<Result>grep $$1 $$2 | C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\Saleen Software\Saleen ScanFs\ScanFs.exe /path=$$1 /contents="$$2">+>^grep (\S*) (.*)</Result>
</Results>
If I type "grep" into FARR it opens ScanFs, but has whatever I typed in to ScanFs the last time it ran. If I try to add arguments in FARR ("grep *.txt needle") I just get from FARR "Sorry, no results."
Any suggestions *greatly* appreciated!
Nod5:
It looks like you're conflating the syntax for direct editing in the myaliases.alias file and the import syntax for the FARR options GUI.
Try creating a new alias entry in the FARR options GUI.
Go to FARR help > program options > Lists > Aliases... > myaliases.alias and click the "Add a new Alias" button and enter these
Alias trigger:
--- ---grepScore:
--- ---1000Regular Expressions pattern:
--- ---^grep (\S*) (.*)Results:
--- ---grep $$1 $$2 | C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\Saleen Software\Saleen ScanFs\ScanFs.exe /path="$$1" /contents="$$2"
Also, try the below command in Windows cmd, but replace <file path> and <search string> with something useful. If it doesn't work look up the correct parameter syntax for ScanFs.exe
--- ---C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\Saleen Software\Saleen ScanFs\ScanFs.exe /path="<file path>" /contents="<search string>"
ottenm:
Thank you for your help Nod5! Looks like something in ScanFs. It opens, but isn't reflecting any command line args. I wrote an app just to display the command args, and called it with a search string and a file path, and they look fine.
Thanks a ton! Will figure out what's happening down stream-
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