Execute script without knowing name?

Foebane · 13 October 2018, 05:57

Is there a way of using the Execute command with wildcards, if you don't know the name of the script and it's the only file on the selected path? I would prefer NOT to use startup-sequence or anything like that.

desiv · 13 October 2018, 06:05

Not sure, but thinking out loud here...
Could you redirect the output of the "dir" command into an environment variable and then execute that environment variable?
(No idea if that would work; but it's late and that popped into my head. That and an image of Betty Grable playing Turrican. Maybe you shouldn't listen to me after all...)

Foebane · 13 October 2018, 07:12

Here is what I came up with, thanks to that old script I'd been working on concerning extraction of multiple files. I simply modified it to this:

Code:

LIST #? LFORMAT="EXECUTE *"%N*"" >RAM:Foebane
EXECUTE RAM:Foebane

It does the job, and I can use it with any single file with any name I choose.

haps · 13 October 2018, 08:52

What a silly idea.

While running scripts you don't know the name of, why not run scripts that you don't even know the purpose of.

thomas · 13 October 2018, 09:42

This one does not nest execute commands:

Code:

execute "`list nohead quick`"

Might not work on Kick 1.3, though. But %n does not work on 1.3, either. Use %s instead.

jotd · 13 October 2018, 10:27

I think OP meant "how to execute scripts with a given pattern" (some software just creates files with dates, etc... useful in that case)

meynaf · 13 October 2018, 11:19

Another way of doing this :

Code:

s:spat execute #?

It will, however, execute all of them (but if several files match, how to choose the right one anyway ?).

Foebane · 13 October 2018, 15:11

Some clarification:

I wanted my AmigaDOS setup to detect any scripts found on DH4: and run them upon startup, but it would be only one script, and the configuration would point to the zip archive I was going to use that contained the DH4: data. However, I had to use the same name for the execute command, so what I wanted was to be able to execute any lone script found on DH4: with any name.

Basically, this is a carry-on from my thread about the "flickery objects" from Support.WinUAE, but it is still an interesting question, I think.

Nesting script executions is a bad thing? I think I'm already doing it with my current setup, I didn't think there'd be a problem.

I'm currently at a relative's for the weekend, so I won't be able to try out your suggestions until at least Monday morning, but any advice is still welcome.

Foebane · 14 October 2018, 18:42

Quote:

Originally Posted by meynaf

Another way of doing this :

Code:

s:spat execute #?

It will, however, execute all of them (but if several files match, how to choose the right one anyway ?).

Back home now, just tried this and it works. What's more, I had a loot at the SPat script and it's almost similar to my own above. But this script already exists so I will use it instead.

Thanks, Meynaf!

13 October 2018, 05:57	#1
Foebane Banned Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Cardiff, UK Age: 51 Posts: 2,871	Execute script without knowing name? Is there a way of using the Execute command with wildcards, if you don't know the name of the script and it's the only file on the selected path? I would prefer NOT to use startup-sequence or anything like that.

13 October 2018, 07:12	#3
Foebane Banned Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Cardiff, UK Age: 51 Posts: 2,871	Here is what I came up with, thanks to that old script I'd been working on concerning extraction of multiple files. I simply modified it to this: Code: LIST #? LFORMAT="EXECUTE "%N"" >RAM:Foebane EXECUTE RAM:Foebane It does the job, and I can use it with any single file with any name I choose.

13 October 2018, 09:42	#5
thomas Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Germany Posts: 6,985	This one does not nest execute commands: Code: execute "`list nohead quick`" Might not work on Kick 1.3, though. But %n does not work on 1.3, either. Use %s instead.

13 October 2018, 11:19	#7
meynaf son of 68k Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Lyon / France Age: 51 Posts: 5,323	Another way of doing this : Code: s:spat execute #? It will, however, execute all of them (but if several files match, how to choose the right one anyway ?).

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13 October 2018, 06:05	#2
desiv Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Salem, OR Posts: 1,767	Not sure, but thinking out loud here... Could you redirect the output of the "dir" command into an environment variable and then execute that environment variable? (No idea if that would work; but it's late and that popped into my head. That and an image of Betty Grable playing Turrican. Maybe you shouldn't listen to me after all...)

13 October 2018, 08:52	#4
haps Rumpig Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: The bottom of the bottle Age: 92 Posts: 243	What a silly idea. While running scripts you don't know the name of, why not run scripts that you don't even know the purpose of.

13 October 2018, 10:27	#6
jotd This cat is no more Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: FRANCE Age: 52 Posts: 8,162	I think OP meant "how to execute scripts with a given pattern" (some software just creates files with dates, etc... useful in that case)

13 October 2018, 15:11	#8
Foebane Banned Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Cardiff, UK Age: 51 Posts: 2,871	Some clarification: I wanted my AmigaDOS setup to detect any scripts found on DH4: and run them upon startup, but it would be only one script, and the configuration would point to the zip archive I was going to use that contained the DH4: data. However, I had to use the same name for the execute command, so what I wanted was to be able to execute any lone script found on DH4: with any name. Basically, this is a carry-on from my thread about the "flickery objects" from Support.WinUAE, but it is still an interesting question, I think. Nesting script executions is a bad thing? I think I'm already doing it with my current setup, I didn't think there'd be a problem. I'm currently at a relative's for the weekend, so I won't be able to try out your suggestions until at least Monday morning, but any advice is still welcome.

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