Creating directories and files with a single command - Revision history

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Variant #2

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Add missing dot.

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Fugue: Variant #2 alà nnn

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Variant #2 alà nnn

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Mahor1221: Created page with "Use this command to create directories when the last character entered is "/", and create files otherwise: command create : \| let $last_char = expand(sy..."

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Created page with "Use this command to create directories when the last character entered is "/", and create files otherwise: <source lang="vim"> command create : \| let $last_char = expand(sy..."

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Use this command to create directories when the last character entered is "/", and create files otherwise:

<source lang="vim">
command create :
\| let $last_char = expand(system("str=\"%a\"; echo \"${str: -1}\""))
\| if $last_char == "/"
\| mkdir "%a"
\| else
\| touch "%a"
\| endif

nnoremap a :create<space>
</source>

To create a file named <code>test_file</code>:

<source lang="vim">
:create test_file
</source>

To create a directory named <code>test_dir</code>:

<source lang="vim">
:create test_dir/
</source>

@@ Line 56: / Line 56: @@
 \|   let $creature = input('symlink path: ')
 \|   if $creature != ''
-\|     execute 'ln -s %c' fnameescape($creature)
+\|     execute '!ln -s %c:p' fnameescape($creature)
 \|   else
 \|     echo 'symlink creation failed'
@@ Line 65: / Line 65: @@
 \|   let $creature = input('hardlink path: ')
 \|   if $creature != ''
-\|     execute 'ln %c' fnameescape($creature)
+\|     execute '!ln %c:p' fnameescape($creature)
 \|   else
 \|     echo 'hardlink creation failed'

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	=== Variant #3 ===		=== Variant #3 ===

−	See also [[Bulk file/directory creation\|Bulk file/directory creation]]	+	See also [[Bulk file/directory creation\|Bulk file/directory creation]].

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	nnoremap <wait> oh :createHardlink<cr>		nnoremap <wait> oh :createHardlink<cr>
	</source>		</source>
		+
		+	=== Variant #3 ===
		+
		+	See also [[Bulk file/directory creation\|Bulk file/directory creation]]

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 This variant will allow for relatively consistent file/dir/sym/hard creation alà
-jarun/nnn. This hasn't been sanatized so ymmv.
+jarun/nnn. This hasn't been sanitized so ymmv.
 Add the following to your <code>.vifmrc</code>

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 <source lang="vim">
 :create test_dir/
 </source>

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 <source lang="vim">
-\|command create :
+command create :
 \|  let $last_char = expand(system("str=\"%a\"; echo \"${str: -1}\""))
 \|  if $last_char == "/"

@@ Line 2: / Line 2: @@
 <source lang="vim">
-command create :
+\|command create :
-  \ let $last_char = expand(system("str=\"%a\"; echo \"${str: -1}\""))
+\|  let $last_char = expand(system("str=\"%a\"; echo \"${str: -1}\""))
-  \ if $last_char == "/"
+\|  if $last_char == "/"
- \   mkdir "%a"
+\|    mkdir "%a"
-  \ else
+\|  else
- \   touch "%a"
+\|    touch "%a"
-  \ endif
+\|  endif
 nnoremap a :create<space>