On Mon, 13 Mar 2017 17:10:40 -0600, [email protected] wrote: > I'm trying to add to Xface menu: Configure Custom Actions > This: > pdfunite %N folder/`date +%F`-output.pdf > > The file in dir folder gets created ("-output.pdf") but is missing the > date. > > This works from command line: > pdfunite 1.pdf 2.pdf folder/`date +%F`-output.pdf
Command substitution is a shell feature, so it may h=not work elsewhere. The solution may be to write a one line shell script and have XFCE call that. #!/bin/sh pdfunite $* $(date +%F)-output.pdf -- Neil Bothwick Top Oxymorons Number 44: Advanced BASIC
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