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crushnik

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    Combining multiple filepaths into one line
    « on: September 30, 2021, 09:00:01 AM »
    I would like to streamline some of the functions I do constantly. One of which is copying the filepaths of multiple files and making one line of text for example:

    If I select
    file1.txt
    file2.txt
    file3.txt
    and right-click while holding the SHIFT key I can "copy as path."

    I paste the group of paths into Notepad++ which gives me three different lines. My example is simplified; I have to deal with far more files in my workflow.

    From there, I hit END, DELETE, SPACE after each file. It's good mental exercise I suppose, but it's tedious given how many times I have to do this in a day and surely there is a command script I could use where I can automate the process.

    I have reverse-engineered some scripts some friends have used in the ballpark of what I'm trying to do, and surely it would be something along the lines of
    cmd /v:on
    set x=F:\path
    for %f in (x) do (whatever)
    but maybe it's something entirely different.

    Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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    crushnik

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      Re: Combining multiple filepaths into one line
      « Reply #1 on: September 30, 2021, 09:54:03 AM »
      Actually I discovered "macros" after posting. That streamlined one step of the process.

      Would there be a way to copy and paste the last line?

      For example I can now use a macro to turn
      "file1.txt"
      "file2.txt"
      "file3.txt"
      into
      "file1.txt" "file2.txt" "file3.txt"

      but I'd like it to be
      "file1.txt" "file2.txt" "file3.txt" "file3.txt"
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      dphamnj



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        Re: Combining multiple filepaths into one line
        « Reply #2 on: September 30, 2021, 08:57:44 PM »
        Is it okay to use javascript ?  Please save the code below to a file with extension html, eg, combine_lines.html, then open it with browser.  See attached image for the screen in browser.

        Code: [Select]
        <!DOCTYPE html>
        <html lang="en">
        <head>
            <meta charset="utf-8">
            <title>Combine lines</title>
        </head>
        <body>
            <p/>Input:
            <p/><textarea id="inputId" style="width:450px;height:150px;">
        line1
        line2
        line3
            </textarea>
            <p/><button type="button" onclick="combine()">combine</button>
            <p/>Output:
            <p/><textarea readonly id="outputId" style="width:450px;height:150px;"></textarea>
            <p/>
            <script>
                function combine() {
                    var indata = document.getElementById('inputId');
                    var lines = indata.value.split('\n');
                    var outdata = "";
                    var line = "";
                    for (var i=0; i < lines.length; i++) {
                        lines[i].trim();
                        if (lines[i].length > 0) {
                            line = lines[i];
                            outdata += line + " ";
                        }
                    }
                    if (line.length > 0)
                        outdata += line;
                    document.getElementById('outputId').innerHTML = outdata;
                }
            </script>
        </body>
        </html>
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        crushnik

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          Re: Combining multiple filepaths into one line
          « Reply #3 on: October 01, 2021, 07:12:50 AM »
          I tried HTML and couldn't get it to work. But I am able to get part of what I want using a Notepad++ macro.
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          crushnik

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            Re: Combining multiple filepaths into one line
            « Reply #4 on: October 01, 2021, 07:43:39 AM »
            Here is what I'm wanting to do:
            1) use list geo to produce file1.gtf from file1.tif
            2) use gdal_translate to produce file1_a.tif from file1.tif
            3) use nconvert to modify file1_a.tif and not file1.tif
            4) use geotifcp to put metadata from file1.gtf back in modified image (file1_a.tif) and overwrite file1.tif

            Code: [Select]
            cmd /v:on
            set tif=F:\path
            for %f in ("%tif%\*_V.tif") do (
            set filename=%~nf
            listgeo -d "%f" > "%tif%\!filename!.gtf"
            gdal_translate -b 1 -b 2 -b 3 -of GTiff -co INTERLEAVE=PIXEL "%f" "%tif%\!filename!_a.tif"
            geotifcp -g "file1.gtf" "file1_a.tif" "file1.tif"
            "F:\path\to\nconvert.exe" -overwrite -replace "file1_a.tif"
            geotifcp -g "file1.gtf" "file1_a.tif" "file1.tif"
            )
            Is there a good way of doing this? I can do step one, but I don't know the commands to use one particular file and not the other.
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            DaveLembke



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            Re: Combining multiple filepaths into one line
            « Reply #5 on: October 01, 2021, 09:14:17 PM »
            Curious why the meta data needs to be passed back into it?
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            crushnik

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              Re: Combining multiple filepaths into one line
              « Reply #6 on: October 02, 2021, 07:22:58 AM »
              Removing metadata so it isn't stripped when I edit the imagery.

              Through trial-and-error I figured out how to have the script run automatically through the step where nconvert edits the *_a.tif file, but the step where I re-insert the metadata has me stumped since I don't know how to run a command where I target the *.tif file but not the *_a.tif file. Probably very simple, but I haven't learned that one yet.
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              dphamnj



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                Re: Combining multiple filepaths into one line
                « Reply #7 on: October 02, 2021, 07:29:12 AM »
                Hi,

                My DOS programming is rusty so it takes me sometimes to test.  You can try to save the code below to a .bat file and run it in DOS.

                Since I don't have listgeo, gdal_translate, etc programs installed so I assume your commands are good.

                Here is some notes:
                o it seems variable cannot be set inside the for loop
                o the for loop variable %f needs to specify as %%f in a .bat file
                o For parsing DOS variables, run "hep for" to see available notes and examples.

                Good luck.

                Code: [Select]
                @echo off
                setlocal
                set tif=F:\path
                for %%f in (%tif%\*_V.tif) do (
                  listgeo -d %%f > %tif%\%%~nf.gtf
                  gdal_translate -b 1 -b 2 -b 3 -of GTiff -co INTERLEAVE=PIXEL %%f %tif%\%%~nf_a.tif
                  geotifcp -g %tif%\%%~nf.gtf %tif%\%%~nf_a.tif %%f
                  "F:\path\to\nconvert.exe" -overwrite -replace %tif%\%%~nf_a.tif
                  geotifcp -g %tif%\%%~nf.gtf %tif%\%%~nf_a.tif %%f
                )
                endlocal
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